Surety, Seneca Insurance v. State

Appellant challenges an order of the trial court finding that a bond was forfeited. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Appellant had accepted a bond on the accused for a Duval County offense, in the amount of $250,000, for a second-degree felony in Miami. Four days later, a Detective Barker, a city of Jacksonville law enforcement officer, called the bondsman from Jacksonville to inform him that there was an additional warrant for the accused on another second-degree felony. At Barker’s request, the bondsman flew the accused by a one-way ticket from Miami to Jacksonville, turned the…