Goffe v. National Surety Co.

Action on a fidelity bond. Trial before a jury in the Circuit Court of Jackson County resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $11,075 for loss under the bond and an allowance of attorneys’ fees in the sum of $3000 for vexatious refusal to pay. Plaintiff remitted the allowance for attorneys’ fees, and judgment was entered for him in tlie sum of $11,075, from which defendant was granted an appeal to this court.

The bond was issued to Dilts & Morgan, Inc., a corporation engaged in the grain brokerage business in Kansas City and elsewhere. It handled actual purchases and sales of grain…