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SUMMIT FID. & SUR. CO. v. POLICE JURY OF RAPIDES PARISH

No. 610.

145 So.2d 395 (1962)

SUMMIT FIDELITY AND SURETY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. POLICE JURY OF RAPIDES PARISH, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol Pressburg and J. B. Nachman, by J. B. Nachman, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

F. Jean Pharis, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ, and SAVOY, JJ.

TATE, Judge.

This case involves a question of first impression in Louisiana. Under Article 5, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, LSA, the Governor of the State has the power, upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons, to "remit fines and forfeitures". At issue here is the extent, if any, of the Governor's power under this provision to remit the forfeiture of criminal bail bonds.

This case comes before this court for the second time...

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