Case Name: Hood and Oliver v. Creath and Cross
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1825-11
Citations: 1 Mo. 582
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hood and Oliver v. Creath and Cross.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 414–414

Head Matter:
Hood and Oliver v. Creath and Cross.
Bail can surrender his principal at any time before sci.fa. returned executed.
ERROR from the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau county..

Opinion:
M'Girk, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The sole question made in this cause is, whether hail can surrender the principal where a sci. fa. is issued, and before it is returned executed. The statute is definite on this point, the surrender was in time, and the Court did right in discharging the .bail.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.