State v. Haverstick

DALTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $2,500 entered in favor of the State of Missouri and against defendant John George Haverstick and Carolina Casualty Insurance Company, a corporation, in an action instituted by the State to recover on an appearance bond in a criminal case where the defendant failed to appear.

Jurisdiction of the appeal is in this court, since it is a civil proceeding to which the State is a party. Art. V, Sec. 3, Constitution of Missouri, V.A.M.S.; State v. Haney, Mo.Sup., 277 S.W.2d 632, 633, 55 A.L.R.2d 717; State v. Haverstick, Mo. App., 317 S.W.2d 654…