Michigan Surety Company v. Service MacHinery Corporation, Inc.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

A suit was commenced in the Circuit Court of Broward County, Florida, by Nicholas Luciano and others against the appellee, Service Machinery Corporation, Inc. The proceedings were commenced by the attachment of two dredges belonging to the appellee. The appellant became surety on the attachment bond which was to pay all costs and damages which the appellee should sustain if the attachment was wrongfully obtained. On motion of the appellee the Florida court dissolved the attachment. The appellee then sued the surety on the attachment bond in the Federal Court, basing…