Crump & Trezevant, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.

This is a suit on a certain bond, hereinafter considered. There was a decree for complainant for $10,563.75 from which the defendant, Continental Casualty Company, the surety or guarantor, appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed the decree of the chancellor and we have granted the casualty company’s petition for cer-tiorari.

Crump & Trezevant is a corporation engaged in the business of making and negotiating loans on real estate, but far the greater part of its business consists in lending directly or indirectly money of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Many building loans are made by…