Fidelity Mutual Life-Insurance v. Johnson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lapeer; Smith, J. Assumpsit by the Fidelity Mutual Life-Insurance Company against James C. Gooch, principal, and Estella M. Johnson, surety, on a bond. There was judgment for plaintiff on a verdict directed by the court, and defendant Johnson brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
Suit was brought in this case by the plaintiff to recover on a bond signed by James C. Gooch as principal and Estella M. Johnson as surety. Plaintiff, an insurance company organized and doing business under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, through its branch office at Omaha, Neb., entered into a written contract with James C. Gooch, one of the defendants in this case, on the 7th day of May, A. D. 1906. By the terms of this contract, the said Gooch was to work for said plaintiff, and the said plaintiff was to advance to the said Gooch $25 per week, which sum so advanced the said Gooch…
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