ACCREDITED SUR. & CAS. CO. INC. v. Putnam County, Fla.

528 So.2d 430 (1988)

ACCREDITED SURETY & CASUALTY COMPANY, INC., Appellant,

v.

PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 87-835.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 16, 1988.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1988.

Edward E. Hedstrom, Palatka, for appellant.

Ronald E. Clark, Palatka, for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

Appellant, Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc., was surety on the appearance bonds for two criminal defendants. When the defendants failed to appear in court at the proper time, the bonds were forfeited. The surety secured the surrender and arrest of one defendant on the same…