United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Clifton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Eastland County; E. A. Hill, Judge. Action' by the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company against J. D. Clifton and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BUCK, J..
The United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company filed suit in the district court of Eastland county against J. D. Clifton, E. L. Clifton, and P. A. Clifton, doing business under the firm name of Clifton, Clifton & Co. In substance, the plaintiff alleged that theretofore on September 27, 1920, in a suit styled the Dixie Oil & Refining Company v. J. D. Clifton et al., the plaintiff here, as surety, executed a replevin bond for the plaintiff in the former suit and payable to the defendants in this suit; that subsequently a judgment was entered in the former suit in favor of Clifton,…
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