Griffin v. Zuber

HODGES, Associate Justice,

— This is a suit instituted by the appellants, as sureties on the bond of D. H. Zuber, to recover of the Fidelity & Deposit Company the sum of $229.44. The facts show that during the year 1903 D. H. Zuber was appointed postmaster at the town of Kilgore; that the appellants were sureties on his bond as such; that they became such sureties with the understanding that they were to be indemnified against certain liabilities that might arise by reason thereof. Shortly after the induction of Zuber into office, for the purpose of indemnifying the appellants, he executed a…