Bail bonds company, which was not a party to bail agreement involving a surety, claimed it won a contempt proceeding and was entitled to fees under the bail agreement. The lower court disagreed, and bail bonds company appealed.
This result was affirmed in Robinson v. Montana Bail Bonds, Inc., Case No. B246891 (2d Dist., Div. 2 Oct. 15, 2013) (unpublished).
Bail bonds company did not attach the bail agreement, so it virtually was impossible to find fee entitlement. Beyond that, however, bonds company was a not a party to the agreement and nothing demonstrated that the contempt proceeding fell within the scope of the surety’s losses sustained as a result of executing the bond.