Lloyds Casualty Insurer v. McGee

HALE, Justice.

Appellees sought in this suit to recover against Lloyds Casualty Insurer as surety-on a supersedeas bond filed in a prior proceeding. The case was tried before the-court below without a jury, resulted in-judgment against the surety, and hence-this appeal.

Appellant contends that the judgment against it should be reversed and here-rendered in its favor because of a want and failure of consideration for the execution of the bond sued upon and a lack of authority-on the part of the clerk to approve and file said bond; in that the.writ of error to-review the judgment in the prior…