Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Farmers Nat. Bank
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 21, 1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFelts, J.
Dick Taylor, Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Franklin County, Tennessee, died April 14, 1932. He was short in his account of back tax collections. The Chancery Court of Franklin County adjudged that he had wrongfully appropriated to his own use $7,843.14 of this fund; that his executrix and the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, surety on his official bonds, should pay the State and County this amount plus 12%% penalty and 15% attorney’s fee, totaling $10,000; and that the surety upon paying this should be subrogated to all the rights of the State and County.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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