Price v. Maryland Casualty Co.

Plaintiff was awarded judgment in the municipal court against one Simo Naranen for the sum of $2,000 and costs; and Naranen took an appeal to the superior court. In perfecting such appeal he filed a bond in the form of and designated as a “cost and stay bond on appeal”, on which'the defendant herein was the surety. Notice of the filing of said bond was served on plaintiff, and accordingly he was stayed thereby, pending the appeal, from collecting the judgment. Eventually Naranen dismissed his appeal, but, on demand, the surety refused to pay the amount of the judgment; whereupon plaintiff…