Guarantee Co. of North America v. First National Bank of Lynchburg
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynch-burg, rendered January 25, 1896, in an action of debt, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error and Walker G. Hamner were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The first assignment of error relates to the refusal of the court below to remove the case to the Circuit Court of the United States for. the Western District of Virginia.
The suit was instituted by the Eirst National Bank of Lynch-burg, on the official bond of Walker G. Hamner, its teller, and the Guarantee Company of North America, his surety, to recover the amount of his defalcation to the bank.
The plaintiff is a citizen and resident of the State of Virginia. Hamner was also a citizen and resident of the said State, but, at the time of the institution of the suit, he was serving a penal…
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