Case Name: KOLB et al., Appellants, v. BINGER et al., Defendants, (United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Respondent.)
Court: South Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: South Dakota
Decision Date: 1925-01-23
Citations: 49 S.D. 302
Docket Number: File No. 5537
Parties: KOLB et al., Appellants, v. BINGER et al., Defendants, (United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Respondent.)
Judges: 
Reporter: South Dakota Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 302–303

Head Matter:
KOLB et al., Appellants, v. BINGER et al., Defendants, (United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Respondent.)
(207 N. W. 65.)
(File No. 5537.
Opinion filed January 23, 1925.)
Staling, Clark & Grigsby, of Redfield, for Appellants.
Bailey & Voorhees, of Sioux Falls, for Respondent.

Opinion:
GATES, P. J.
In the appeal in Kolb v. Binger (No. 5311) 49 S. D. 65, 206 N. W. 421, in which the opinion was handed down on December 9, 1925, the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company became surety on the supersedeas undertaking given by appellants Binger. Some weeks afterwards the surety sought to be released upon the claim' that its signature to the undertaking had been obtained by misrepresentation. The trial court granted relief from liability accruing after the date of the hearing of such motion. Plaintiffs Kolb appeal.
Inasmuch as the judgment in the main case has been vacated and the cause has been remitted, and there is therefore no liability on the undertaking, the question whether the trial court erred in relieving the surety from liability has become moot, and does not require consideration at the hands of this court.
The appeal in this case will therefore be dismissed without prejudice, and no costs will be taxed.