Legal Opinion
Babb v. Oakley
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1855PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the Superior Court of San Francisco. The defendants, L. F. Oakley and John Donaldson, were sureties on a bail bond for B. Oakley. Judgment was obtained against them in the Court below. It was in proof that B. Oakley had offered to surrender himself, in discharge of his sureties, to the Sheriff of the county, who refused to take him in custody.
1Opinion of the CourtHeydenfeldt, J.
Murray, C. J., concurred.
The offer of the defendant, Oakley, to surrender himself in discharge of his sureties, was a good surrender, and discharged them from all liability.
The judgment is reversed.
2Cited by2 opinions
- Seaboard Surety Corp. of America v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
- Hastings v. OsborneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942