Western Surety Co. v. Municipal Court

A petition was filed in the superior court by plaintiff surety company to prevent the Municipal Court of the City of Los Angeles from entering a judgment upon a bail bond which it had executed and which had been declared forfeited. Upon the sustaining of a demurrer to the petition judgment was rendered denying a peremptory writ, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

From plaintiff’s petition it appears that one Riley was arrested on July 5,1936, upon a warrant issued by the justice of the peace of Malibu township in which he was charged with the crime of rape. There appeared on the…