Legal Opinion
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Staten
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 1964No. 3439PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
An action was brought by appellant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company against Shellie Staten, appellee, to recover a payment of $1,458.12 made by appellant as surety under a blanket Postal Bond issued to the Post Office Department.
Testimony established that Staten had been arrested and charged with over a dozen counts of petit larceny. Postal inspectors testified, inter alia, that when a loss in the mail was reported, a letter was sent to the sender and to the intended recipient to verify the reported loss; that the letters were then grouped so as to confirm the loss and…
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