Bynum v. Western Surety Co. of Sioux Falls, S.D.

HALLEY, Justice.

Margaret D. Bynum filed this action in the District Court of Jackson County against the three County Commissioners of that County, W. A. Chapman, Roger J. Brown and J. N. Netherton and Western Surety Company and The Hartford Accident & Indemity Company, corporations, to recover damages for the wrongful death of her son. The corporations named were the sureties upon the bonds of the County Commissioners named. We shall refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendants as they appeared in the trial court.

The defendants demurred to the amended petition of the plaintiff and on June…