Wilshire Insurance v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

On March 9, 1976, Jack Miller, doing business as Jack’s Bail Bonds, attorney-in-fact for Wilshire Insurance Company, filed in the justices’ court a power of attorney and a bail bond in the amount of $5,000 to secure the release of Ron Cooper, a defendant in a criminal proceeding. After a change of plea, Cooper was scheduled for imposition of judgment and sentencing on November 18, 1976, but failed to appear. On November 22, 1976, the court clerk mailed a notice of intent to forfeit bail bond to Jack’s Bail Bonds indicating that the bond would be declared…