Legal Opinion

American Surety Co. v. Greek Catholic Union

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 19, 1931No. 401PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts

The petitioner executed in favor of the respondent a bond in the sum of $100,000 conditioned upon the payment of pecuniary loss the corporation should sustain through the failure of one Kondor, its treasurer, faithfully to perform his duties as prescribed by the constitution and by-laws, or through his failure to keep intact and absolutely to account for all funds of the corporation. Kondor violated his duty by depositing with the Peoples State Bank of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of which he was president, a sum greatly in excess of that permitted by the by-laws to be lodged in any one…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. American Surety Company v. PaulySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Guaranty Co. v. Pressed Brick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Young v. American Bonding Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  4. Philadelphia v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  5. Brown v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. White v. HigginsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
  2. New England Gas & Electric Ass'n v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
  3. Great American Insurance Co. v. LangdeauTexas Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Phoenix National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Maryland Casualty Co. v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1936

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