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AMERICAN SURETY CO. v. AKRON SAVINGS BANK, 1908 — 212 U.S. 557 · caselaw · US
Bankruptcy
AMERICAN SURETY CO. v. AKRON SAVINGS BANK
212 U.S. 557·Supreme Court of the United States·1908
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Opinion
AMERICAN SURETY CO. v. AKRON SAVINGS BANK.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURJ OP . THE STATE OP OHIO.
No. 19.
Argued November 12, 1908.
Decided November 30, 1908.
Judgment of the state court to effect that surety on bond of the depositary of a receiver in bankruptcy which ran, as required by law, to the United States, was not entitled to priority in distribution of assets of the depositary, affirmed without opinion.
Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, Mr. John Spalding Flannery and Mr. Henry C. Wilcox for plaintiff in error.
Mr. John C. Gittings, Mr. Charles R. Grant, Mr. Alexander Muncaster and Mr. J. M. Chamberlin for defendants in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
Judgment affirmed with costs without opinion.