Bank of Geneva v. Reynolds
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order giving bail further time to surrender their principal. This was an action against bail. After it was commenced, their principal returned from abroad, and they thereupon applied, on grounds which are stated in the opinion of the court, for further time to surrender him. The application was granted hy the court at special term, and the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.*—Johnson, J.
—The Code (§ 191) has provided how bail may now be exonerated.
Among other means prescribed, is that of surrendering the defendant to the sheriff of the county where he was arrested, *84within twenty days after the commencement of the action against the bail, or within such further time as may be granted by the court.
No provision is made in respect to the period of time, after the commencement of the action against the bail, within which the application for further time may be made, nor in respect to the grounds upon which the allowance of further time may be granted. In…
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