Case ID: la-ann_19/html/0145-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Hyman, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 1264.
    State of Louisiana v. Newton Taylor et als.
    Where an appearance bond is not signed by the accused, he is not bound thereon; and a judgment ' against the surety is not valid.
    A PPEAL from the District Court, Parish of Livingston, Jones, J.
    
      Attorney General, for the State.
    
      Wilson & Amacker, for defendants.
   Hyman, C. J.

In this case there was a judgment rendered in favor o'f the State against Herod Allen, as security on a bond for the appearance of Newton Taylor, at the Sixth Judicial District Court, - parish of Livingston. " ■ •

The bond was not signed by Taylor, nor is he bound thereon. Allen has appealed from the judgment.

There cannot be an accessory obligation without a principal one.

Let the judgment against Herod Allen, in favor of the State of Louisiana be annulled, avoided and reversed, and let there be judgment in his favor.