Coffin v. Dorsey

1. Where a criminal recognizance has been duly forfeited, and a scire facias has been issued and served on the principal and the surety as provided by law, and at the return term no answer is filed by either principal or surety, and no sufficient cause is shown to the *132contrary, judgment on motion should be entered against principal and surety. Penal Code (1910), § 962.

Decided June 6, 1921. Motion to set aside judgment; from Floyd superior court — Judge Wright. January 12, 1921. Harris & Harris, for plaintiffs in error. E. S. Taylor, solicitor-general, contra.

2. Where a criminal recognizance…