United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Adams' Executors

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Grigsby

Affirming on cross-appeal and reversing on original appeal.

In 1921 a suit ivas filed in the Livingston circuit court, styled L. C. Hibbs et al. v. C. E. Bussey et al., in which H. D. Perkins was appointed receiver of the partnership business of Hibbs & Bussey, then being settled in that suit. The appellant, the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Md., became the surety of H. D. Perkins, receiver. During the pendency of this suit, H. D. Perkins was allowed a fee of $500 for special services, and the judgment of the lower court adjudged…