United States v. Continental Casualty Co.

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The suit in this case is against the sure■ty on bonds furnished by Veterans under 38 U.S.C.A. § 649, as a condition to obtaining duplicate adjusted-service certificates to replace original service certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed. There are three counts in the complaint, only the first and third of which are now involved. The case is submitted on an agreed stipulation of facts.

As to the bond sued on in the first count the controlling facts are as follows. The original certificate of the face value of $568 was dated as of January 1, 1925, and issued…