Salt Lake County v. American Surety Co.

Plaintiff sued the defendant American Surety Company of New York as surety upon the official bond of E. J. Groesbeck, as county treasurer of Salt Lake county, to recover the sum of $200,000; that being the'total amount of the surety company’s obligation.

It is alleged in the complaint that the bond was executed in January, 1921, and that the said Groesbeck had continued to act as said county treasurer until the commencement of the action in 1922; that during his term of office he had received into his possession large sums of money, and had deposited the same in the National City Bank of Salt…