First Nat. Bank v. American Surety Co.

This is the second appeal in the case which was before us in American Surety Co. v. First Nat. Bank, 4 Cir., 141 F.2d 411, where the facts are fully stated in the opinion. After remand the court below denied the petition of the bank to be allowed to file a supplemental answer pleading statutes of limitations and thereupon entered judgment for the surety company in the sum of $4,050 with interest from April 26, 1938, the date on which the company made payment of that amount to the successor trustee in bankruptcy. The bank complains of the allowance of interest and of the refusal to permit the…