United States v. Continental Casualty Co.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Two causes of action are involved in this suit by the United States to recover the losses incurred by issuing duplicate adjusted service certificates to two world war veterans in place of original certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed. The defendant is the surety on two statutory lost instrument bonds given by the veterans to secure the issuance of the duplicate certificates. The suit was tried by the District Judge without a jury upon an agreed statement of facts and resulted in a judgment for the surety on the first cause of action and for the United…