Curry v. Equitable Surety Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““There is another rule of law which seems to be pretty well established at the present day, and that is that sureties for profit, when sued upon bonds or undertakings such as we are now considering, must, in order to establish a defense, be able to show that they have been injured or deprived of some legal right, by or through the action of the sheriff or plaintiff creditor. In Bross v. McNicholas et al., supra, it is said: “ ‘In this day and age of corporate sureties, when the burden is lightened by the payment of adequate premiums, . and their final liabilities ofttimes secured by counter indemnity, the strictness of the old rule is relaxed, and the modern day surety company must show some injury done before they can be absolved from the contracts which they clamor to execute.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Federal Surety Co. v. White