Western Surety Co. v. People

March 20, 1948, William Paul Wilson, against whom an information previously had been filed charging him with the crime of burglary, filed a bond in the amount of $1,500 conditioned for his appearance in the district court of Fremont county on April 12, 1948. Plaintiff in error, Western Surety Company, a corporation, signed as surety on the bond.

April 8, 1948, Wilson was shot in Cushing, Oklahoma. April 12, 1948, at ten o’clock a.m., when he should have appeared in the district court of Fremont county, he was in a hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and died there the ensuing day, April 13.…