International Fidelity Insurance Co. v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal by the surety on an appearance bond from a final judgment forfeiting said bond.

The only point of error urged for reversal is an alleged fatal variance between the bond and the judgment nisi.

The bond recites the principal “stands charged with a felony, to-wit: Swindling w/worthless checks over $50.” The judgment nisi recites the principal failed to appear “upon a charge by indictment . . . accusing him [the principal] of the offense of giving a check in the amount of $50 and over without sufficient funds.”

It is only necessary that a bond describe…