Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Volin

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

This is an action by a surety against its principal to recover $10,906.80 which sum the surety allegedly was obliged to pay under the terms of a surety bond.

*290The complaint designates the diverse citizenship of the parties as the basis for jurisdiction. Plaintiff Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company is a Connecticut corporation; defendant Charles J. Volin d/b./a Volin Cattle Company is a Minnesota citizen.

There was a brief trial to the court whereat the parties stipulated to a substantial portion of the facts and pertinent exhibits were submitted. Upon…