Centry Surety Company v. Tugend, Unpublished Decision (3-30-2000)

OPINION

Appellee-appellant, chief of the Division of Oil and Gas of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ("chief"), appeals from a decision and judgment entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas reversing a June 15, 1998 order of the Oil and Gas Commission, which had affirmed an order of the chief of the Division of Oil and Gas forfeiting the $15,000 surety bond of appellant-appellee, Century Surety Company ("Century").

The parties filed joint stipulations of fact with the Oil and Gas Commission. On May 20, 1981, Sandhill Energy Company ("Sandhill"), as principal, obtained a…