Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Co. v. People
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1952PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCorcoran, J.
This proceeding is brought by the Continental Casualty Company to cancel and discharge a money judgment against it which was entered by the District Attorney of Bronx County on a bail forfeiture, and to set aside and vacate said forfeiture.
*742On December 5,1950, the petitioner furnished a bail bond in the sum of $1,000, as surety for one James L. Cook, who was under indictment in the Bronx County Court on a charge of grand larceny.
While Cook was at liberty under this bail bond and awaiting trial on the charge pending against him in the Bronx, he committed another crime in New York County. He was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Taylor v. TaintorSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- People v. MeyersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
- Matter of People (Lexington S. I. Co.)New York Court of Appeals · 1936
- People Ex Rel. Nugent v. Board of Police CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- McDonald v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. Peerless InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
- State v. EricksonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977