Hunt v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court entered for the defendant on a point of law reserved, notwithstanding a verdict for the plaintiff.

This was a suit on an indemnity bond to recover from the defendant, surety company, for losses sustained by ■ the Penn General Casualty Company, hereinafter called the Casualty Company, through the embezzlement of C. B. Love, its president, and H. C. O’Brien, its secretary and treasurer. The jury found that the Casualty Company had not suffered any loss through the conduct of O’Brien, but that it had suffered a loss…