Lane Mortgage Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

The plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant upon an undertaking given by the defendant to the plaintiff for the release from attachment of the property of certain defendants which had been attached in an action by the plaintiff against said last-named defendants and was being held by the sheriff prior to its release upon the giving of said undertaking.

The sole contention which the defendants in the present action offer upon this appeal is that said undertaking was in form and effect the statutory undertaking provided under the terms of section 540 of the Code of Civil Procedure for…