Taylor v. Taintor

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Taylor v. Taintor
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 6–7, 1873 Decided January 27, 1873
Full case name	William Taylor v. Taintor, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut
Citations	83 U.S. 366 (more) 16 Wall. 366; 21 L. Ed. 287; 1873 U.S. LEXIS 1168
Case history
Prior	In error to the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut
Holding
Bail will be exonerated where the performance of the condition is rendered impossible by the act of God, the act of the obligee, or the act of the law.
Court membership
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase Associate Justices Nathan Clifford · Noah H. Swayne Samuel F. Miller · David Davis Stephen J. Field · William Strong Joseph P. Bradley · Ward Hunt
Case opinions
Majority	Swayne, joined by Chase, Strong, Bradley
Dissent	Field, joined by Clifford, Miller
Davis and Hunt took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Taylor v. Taintor, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 366 (1872), was a United States Supreme Court case. It is commonly credited as having decided that a person to whom a suspect is remanded, such as a bail bondsman, has sweeping rights to recover the suspect.