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UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 8200.

91 F.2d 848 (1937)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Russell Mount and Newton Gresham, both of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Steve M. King, U. S. Atty., and Charles S. Pipkin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Beaumont, Tex., and Alto A. Gunter, of Port Arthur, Tex., for the United States.

Before FOSTER, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this suit against Alto A. Gunter and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, respectively principal and surety on the official bond given by Gunter when acting as collector of customs for customs collection district No. 21, to recover $2,024.30, money embezzled by Wilbur Cooke, deputy collector for the same district. Motions of defendants for a directed verdict were overruled. The court charged the jury that...

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