South American Fire Insurance v. State ex rel. Dade County

HENDRY, Judge.

Appellant-defendant takes its interlocutory appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Dade County, Florida/denying its motion to vacate a final judgment of es-treature entered against it as surety for the appearance of the co-defendant below.

The appellant surety company and the principal, Michael Manning Hadley, entered into a bonding agreement conditioned upon the principal’s appearance before the Criminal Court of Record for Dade County, Florida, to answer charges of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug and possession of implements for drug use. The principal failed to…