Cohen v. Interstate Fire Insurance Co.

The appellant was the defendant in an action by the appellees in which they sought to enforce the terms of a surety bond. The application for bond provided: “The undersigned will at all times indemnify and keep indemnified the [sjurety . ”. The complaint alleged that the surety had been required to pay a judgment. The appellant answered and denied individual liability upon the basis that the application for bond was signed by him as president of the defendant corporation.1

Subsequently, appellant, who was appearing in proper person, suffered an order striking all his pleadings because of his…