Crews v. American Surety Co.

The plaintiffs in error instituted this action, as plaintiffs, in the district court. Demurrers to their petition, amended petition, and second amended petition were sustained in regular order.

One Charles G. Shull, a former Bank Commissioner for the State of Oklahoma, was designated a defendant in the amended petitions, in addition to American Surety Company of New York, who was surety on his official bond. The demurrers sustained to the plaintiffs’ pleadings were filed on behalf of said surety company. Consequently, the term “defendant,” as hereinafter used in our reference to the parties as…