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BRAMWELL v. U.S. FIDELITY CO.

No. 192.

269 U.S. 483 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 176

70 L.Ed. 368

BRAMWELL, SUPERINTENDENT, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.P. Kavanaugh, with whom Mr. Jay Bowerman was on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Roscoe C. Nelson and C.B. Ames, with whom Messrs. Joseph A. McCullough, Ben C. Dey, Alfred A. Hampson, and George L. Buland were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. M.W. McKenzie submitted a brief as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

January 28, 1922, the superintendent of the Klamath Indian Reservation had on deposit with the First State and Savings Bank of Klamath Falls, Oregon, $96,000, Indian moneys, individual and tribal. The bank had given a bond to the United States, with appellee as surety, to secure the payment of the deposit. It was insolvent and, on that day, suspended payment. Because...

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