Standard Surety & Casualty Co. of New York v. Plantsville Nat. Bank

HINCKS, District Judge.

This is a suit by the Standard Surety and Casualty Company of New York to recover *955damages sustained as a result of the fraudulent misrepresentation by the Cashier of the Plantsville National Bank of the status of the account and credit of the Ván Dyke Construction Company, for whom the plaintiff had been requested to write certain bonds. The defense rested chiefly on the contention that the misrepresentations were neither authorized by the defendant Bank nor relied upon by the plaintiff. The Statute of Limitations was invoked neither in the pleadings nor on trial.

Finding…