Texas Co. v. Maloney

Riner, Justice.

This case comes here by direct appeal to review a judgment of the District Court of Laramie County, the action having been brought in that court by The Texas Company, a Delaware corporation, as plaintiff, against E. J. Maloney and American Surety Company of New York, a corporation, as defendants. Maloney was never served with summons and never appeared; and the cause proceeded to trial and judgment without him. The parties will hereinafter be referred to as “plaintiff” and “defendant.”

There appears to be but one question for argument and for disposition in the cause, and the…