Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Beale
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Westmoreland county, on an application for a writ of prohibition, in which the plaintiff in error was the petitioner, and the defendants in error were the defendants. The proceeding out of which the present litigation grew consists of a notice by the treasurer of Westmoreland county to his deputy and surety, founded on a bond of indemnity given by them to the treasurer.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Westmoreland county, on an application for a writ of prohibition, in which the plaintiff in error was the petitioner, and the defendants in error were the defendants. The proceeding out of which the present litigation grew consists of a notice by the treasurer of Westmoreland county to his deputy and surety, founded on a bond of indemnity given by them to the treasurer. The following is a copy of the notice and bond: “To A. C. Brown, Deputy Treasurer of Westmoreland County, Va., and the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, His surety: “Whereas…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
It. H. Stuart was the treasurer of Westmoreland county. A. C. Brown was his deputy, who gave a bond with the Fidelity and Deposit Company as his surety, conditioned to reimburse the principal to the extent of $4,000 such pecuniary loss as he might sustain by any act of larceny or embezzlement upon the part of A. C. Brown in the performance of his duties as deputy treasurer of B. H. Stuart, treasurer of Westmoreland county, for the year beginning-October 22, 1900, and ending October 22, 1901. On the 13th of November, 1902, B. TL Stuart caused a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hall v. RatliffSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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