Case Name: UNITED STATES v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1941-02-10
Citations: 117 F.2d 506
Docket Number: No. 182
Parties: UNITED STATES v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 117
Pages: 506–506

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.
No. 182.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Feb. 10, 1941.
Jerome H. Doran, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City (Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen., John T. Cahill, U. S. Atty., and Noel Hemmendinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New York City, and Leavenworth Colby, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.
Andrew Eckel, of New York City (McCormick & Eckel and William F. Giesen, all of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.
Before SWAN, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
We think this case is controlled by United States v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 2 Cir., 117 F.2d 503, this day decided. The facts differ slightly, but not in any ways material to the result. Here, after the veteran's death and payment of the balance due on his duplicate certificate to his widow, plaintiff made a loan on the original to an impostor who signed the veteran's name to the promissory note, forged his endorsement of the Treasury check for the loan, and collected upon it. We hold that plaintiff's claim for reimbursement upon a bond of the same form as that considered in the previous case is well taken.
Reversed; judgment directed for plaintiff.