Tri-State Bonding Co. v. State

George Howard, Jr., Justice,

dissenting. 1 am compelled to dissent from the majority’s opinion affirming the trial court in granting judgments on the bond forfeitures involving James Edwin Osborne in the amount of $1,700.00 and in the case of Charles Ray Hershel in the amount of $4,000.00, but reduced by the majority to $2,500.00. It is my belief that the evidence and the law justify a complete exoneration of the bondsman for the failure of these two defendants to appear in court for trial. Consequently, there was an abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court in rendering any type of…