Montana Supreme Court May 26, 1922, No. 4,767 (Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. American Brewing Co.)

MR. CHIEF COMMISSIONER POMEROY

prepared the opinion for the court.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover on a contract of idemnity given it by defendant November 3, 1917, to secure the plaintiff, a bonding company, against liability on account of its furnishing Frank Nelson, a saloon-keeper, a bond to the United States, as a guaranty that Nelson would pay the liquor tax required by the act