State ex rel. Van v. District Court
Montana Supreme Court
Original application for writ of certiorari by the State on the relation of Oliver and Anna Van, running to the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District, in and for the County of Wheatland and John A. Matthews, Judge thereof, to annul a judgment declaring a bond, executed by relators, as forfeited.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Certiorari. On July 11, 1917, one Roderick K. McLeod was charged by information by the county attorney of Wheatland county, with the crime of arson in the first degree. He was then confined in the county jail. Later he was released on bail in the sum of $2,000, the relators herein becoming his sureties. After one or more postponements, his trial was fixed for January 16, 1918, but he failed to appear according to the condition of his bond. Thereupon the court declared his bond forfeited and summarily rendered and caused to be entered judgment against the relators for the amount thereof. This…
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