Security Trust & Savings Bank v. Matson

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying recovery in an action instituted by it to recover damages from a notary public and the surety on her official bond. The record discloses the following pertinent facts:

For approximately two and one-half years prior to December 27, 1928, one Lewis H. Homer was an attorney-in-fact for respondent Indemnity Insurance Company of North America in the city of San Diego. During the month of December, 1928, the said Lewis H. Homer sought to procure from appellant the loan of $15,000 and offered to secure repayment of the loan by depositing with appellant a bond…