Ohio Casualty Insurance v. Galvin

Judgment was obtained against the defendant, D. D. Galvin, and against the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company in an action brought by Marion county, Iowa. The judgment was entered December 5, 1935. The basis of the judgment was failure of Galvin as county treasurer to account for tax money paid into his office in the total sum of $2731.06. The Casualty Company, defendant in that action, was surety on the county treasurer’s official bond. The bond company was compelled to pay the county the amount of the judgment, and upon payment took an assignment of the judgment. The present suit is brought in…