Resolute Insurance Co. of Hartford v. Commonwealth

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The appellant is corporate surety on a bail bond of $3,000 executed in the Jefferson Circuit Court pursuant to an order admitting Nancy Joan Millwater to bail on a felony indictment pending there against her. Mrs. Millwater has absconded, and her whereabouts is unknown. In due course the circuit court ordered forfeiture of her bond for her nonappearance and entered judgment against appellant as surety on her bond. Appellant contends that it should be absolved of liability on the bond because the Commonwealth, as obligee, has hindered and prevented its performance of the…