First Nat. Bank v. National Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
This was an action by the First National Bank of Nashville, Tenn., against the National Surety Company, on a bond of indemnity made by the latter company, to recover a loss sustained through the dishonest conduct of one W. W. Eea, an individual bookkeeper in the service of the bank. Upon the pleadings and evidence Judge Clark directed a verdict for the surety company.
*402By the bond the surety company agreed to pay to the bank “the amount of any loss or damage that shall happen to the employer, in respect of any funds, property or estate belonging to or in the custody of the employer, through the…
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