Belond v. Guy

Citations

• 20 Wash. 160
• 54 P. 995
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 488

Syllabus

<p>CONTRIBUTION AMONG CO-SURETIES—BAIL BOND IN UNITED STATES COURT.</p> <p>Under Rev. St. U. S., § 1014, providing for the admission to bail of offenders agreeably to the usual mode of process in the state in which the criminal may be found, and under Code Proc., § 1375 (Bal. Code, § 6866), providing that bail in criminal actions shall justify and have the same rights as in civil cases, a surety upon a hail bond in the United States district court has a right of action against a co-surety for contribution, when such surety has been compelled to pay the penalty provided in the bond.</p>