United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom tbe circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. Robekt L. Bullard, Judge. Williams, receiver of the Magee Bank, appellee, was plaintiff in tbe court below; tbe Fidelity & Guaranty Company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiffs favor defendant appealed to tbe supreme court. Tbe facts are stated in. tbe opinion of tbe court. [Tbe briefs of counsel in tbis case were not to be found when the reporter reached it; hence no-synopses of them is given.]
1Opinion of the Court
Mates, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
The declaration in this case substantially alleges that on-September 11, 1902, one Fred R. Powell was employed as the-cashier of the Magee Bank, and while so employed the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, for a valuable consideration, executed and delivered to tbe Magee Bank a guaranty bond, by which bond tbe guaranty company obligated itself to reimburse tbe bank for any pecuniary loss it might sustain by reason of the fraud or dishonesty of Powell, committed while in the discharge of the duties of his position and amounting -to…
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- Hartford Fire Insurance v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- DeJernette v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
- First National Bank v. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1902
- Proctor Coal Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1903
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