Johnson Bonding Co. v. Commonwealth

STEINFELD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lee Circuit Court against appellant Johnson Bonding Company, Inc., in the amount of $2,500, based upon the forfeiture of a bail bond executed to assure the appearance of Ernest McNabb to answer a criminal charge. The circuit court refused to remit any portion of the face amount of the bond. We are compelled to reverse.

McNabb and Billy Breeding1 were charged with breaking and entering a storehouse. KRS 433.190. On October 22, 1971, the bonding company executed a bail bond to assure McNabb’s appearance in the Lee Circuit Court on…