Legal Opinion

Main v. Benjamin Foster Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 15, 1939PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.

Writ of error brings for review judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a suit against the principal and surety on a surety bond.

It is not necessary to set out the conditions of the bond in haec verba, but is sufficient to say that the obligation of the bond was as follows:

“We, Elwin Russell Main as Principal, hereinafter called the Employee, and the American Surety Company of New York as Surety, bind ourselves to pay Benjamin Foster Company as Employer such pecuniary loss, not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars, as the latter shall have sustained of money or other personal property (including that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex parte AmosSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  2. The Children's Bootery v. SutkerSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  3. Chardkoff Junk Co. v. City of TampaSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  4. State ex rel. Elberta Peach & Land Co. v. Chicago Bonding & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1919
  5. Goldsmith v. Orange Belt Securities Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1934

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. TGI Friday's, Inc. v. DvorakSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  2. GARDINIER INC. v. Florida Dept. of Pollution ControlDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
  3. Bankest Imports, Inc. v. Isca Corp.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1989
  4. Am. Home Assur. Co. v. Keller IndustriesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  5. Argonaut Ins. Co. v. Maryland Cas. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

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