County of Los Angeles v. American Bankers Insurance

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.—

Introduction

In this case we are called upon to decide if the trial court had jurisdiction to enter summary judgment pursuant to Penal Code sections 1305 and 1306.

Celes King III, doing business as King Bail Bond Agency (hereinafter King), intervener by virtue of his status as bail agent and indemnitor of defendant American Bankers Insurance Company, appeals from the consent summary judgment against American Bankers Insurance Company after its bail bond was declared forfeited. Because the time frame for trial court jurisdiction to enter summary judgment had expired and…