Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Lexington Surety and Indemnity Company, Surety, Respondent, and Frank Smith, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-02
Citations: 238 A.D. 797
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Lexington Surety and Indemnity Company, Surety, Respondent, and Frank Smith, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 238
Pages: 797–797

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Lexington Surety and Indemnity Company, Surety, Respondent, and Frank Smith, Defendant.

Opinion:
Order vacating judgment reversed on the law and the facts, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied. The surety fails to disclose any facts indicating that it had the slightest inclination to have defendant returned to the custody of this State from the time of the forfeiture of the bond on October 15, 1931, until March 2, 1932, when defendant was found in the custody of the New Jersey authorities on a charge of vagrancy. In the meantime the surety seemed to show no interest whatsoever in the fugitive, and was only awakened to the opportunity of relieving itself from the forfeiture by information that defendant was incarcerated in New Jersey, from where he was removed by extradition proceedings to Washington, D. C. Lazansky, P. J., Kapper, Carswell, Scudder and Davis, JJ., concur.