American Surety Co. v. Pauly
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of tlie United States for Liu* Southern District of New York. This was a writ of error to review a judgment for $1.7,435.39 rendered against the American Surety Company, defendant below, in tin; circuit court, Southern district of New York.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of tlie United States for Liu* Southern District of New York. This was a writ of error to review a judgment for $1.7,435.39 rendered against the American Surety Company, defendant below, in tin; circuit court, Southern district of New York. The plaintiff below sued as receivin’ of the California National Dank, at San Diego, (o recover the amount of $15,000, to which extent the surety company had contracted to mala; good any loss resulting from the fraud or dishonesty of one George N. O’Brien, the cashier of said bank. The judgment was entered upon the verdict of…
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
One J. W. Collins, who liad been cashier from the organization of the bank, in 1888, became its president in 1891. Thereupon George N. O’Brien was promoted, and made cashier. He applied to the defendant for a bond of indemnity to date from July 1, 1891, for $15,000, in favor of the bank, as security covering his position in the bank’s service. The defendant is a New York corporation, engaged in the business, *472among other things, of issuing surety or guaranty bonds for persons in positions of public or private trust; and upon said application, and in consideration of a…
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