Maryland Casualty Co. v. Gough

Plaintiff appeals on a question of law from an order sustaining the demurrer of the defendant, the American Surety Company, to its amended petition, and upon which judgment was rendered, inasmuch as plaintiff did not choose to further plead. A like demurrer of the defendant, Gough, was overruled. The query before this court, therefore, is: Does the amended petition state a cause of action against American Surety Company? The substance, of the pleading is substantially as follows:

On July 16, 1930, James A. Devine (then executive secretary of Ohio Building Association League) was appointed…