Price v. Price

I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the majority of the Court in this case because I believe it violates a sound principle of public policy of vital importance to every one who deals with public officials required to execute a bond.

Under the majority opinion, and from this time on, the security of official bonds in this state, heretofore, as I be lieve, assumed to be for the benefit of all those entitled to rely thereon upon a basis of entire equality, will, in cases where liability exceeds the penalty of the bond, be limited to those who, by reason of superior information, alertness…