Western Indemnity Co. v. Crafts
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; John H. Clarke, Judge. Action by the Western Indemnity Company against William H. Crafts and others. There was a judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
The writ of error is prosecuted by the Western Indemnity Company to reverse the judgment below sustaining defendants’ demurrer and dismissing the petition. The action was based upon a written instrument dated August 15, 1904, whereby the defendants had undertaken to indemnify another company, the Federal Union Surety Company (herein called Federal Company), against loss under a certain bond in the sum of $20,000, bearing date August 11, 1904, given by the Euclid Avenue Trust Company (herein called Euclid Company) of Cleveland, Ohio, as principal, and the Federal…
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