State v. Molina

Bowlby Bail Bond Company (herein called “Bowlby”) appeals from an order denying its motion to vacate a judgment forfeiting a surety bond posted on behalf of defendant, Jose Molina.

The scope of our review of the trial court’s action is stated in State v. Van Wagner, 16 Wn.2d 54, 62-63, 132 P.2d 359 (1942):

The test, in determining the question whether the trial court erred in refusing to vacate the forfeiture of a bail bond, “is not alone one of time whether prompt or otherwise; nor good faith, or the lack of it; nor compensation, or lack of it, to the bondsmen or surety; nor whether there are…