United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Cook

Blume, Justice.

The petition in this case alleges, briefly, that the appellant, in September, 1924, received from Cook, the plaintiff, $2280.98 to the use of plaintiff and without consideration; that the money was obtained from him by duress and coercion ; that plaintiff had been paying teller of the First National Bank of Cheyenne, Wyoming, which on July 9, 1924, went into the hands of a receiver, and the defendant, a surety company, had insured the bank, among other things, against dishonesty of its employees; that after the closing of the bank, it was claimed that there was a shortage in…