Legal Opinion
Southard v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 1, 1923No. 10,524PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison
A judgment was obtained against Southard and the American Surety Company, his surety, on a recognizance, in the usual form, to appear and answer an indictment. They bring error.
The defense, in the answer to the scire facias, was that the district attorney had agreed to a continuance; that Southard relied upon that agreement and so did not appear, whereupon the bond was forfeited. Upon demurrer to the answer to the scire facias this defense was held good by this court in this same, case (Southard v. People, 69 Colo. 516, 195 Pac. 102), and a new trial was granted. The people then filed a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wray v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Mogote-Northeastern Consolidated Ditch Co. v. GallegosSupreme Court of Colorado · 1920
- Gallagher v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Brett v. MurphySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1888
- Southard v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1921
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. SalisburySupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- Ginsberg v. BennettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1940
- Van Gilder v. City of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1939
- State v. EsdaleAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949