WPC  bӓp&zFq|I㴂d+Jvo=|+7;aH|+-ev9oe 7"8۶[&,rQzzXMy ~$yE %"(~hۨq e>xL!~}~c=4ymMXBTį&\!|}~l[VBŒ:n tRj*u4a.&HG/h%Mkay.z#&VQP.LT: tVئX@YօI p]]c=ptH[0VIqJgF܍%WsuM#$)tՈK+84p>}/K XgQOoB6T"zx1?[hRKmuDZ(Z_ L/*# LUNW % 0(U:w@ 4Map-x 0D 0l 0DUU :*U:U:7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 AQq  B 0D 0D D/- - B\ D3y HP LaserJet 4HPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nL(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($,  AZ"Arial Regular DDDDUZeӀq$?3|x ##d#(3$ !  ((3$ !      0  (#$  0  ,rAZ"Arial Regular   "  XFuXXXrXXFu   Ad FILEDXFuXr   September10,1998  CecilCrowson,Jr.XXFuAppellateCourtClerk ,rAZ"Arial Regular,cAZ"Arial Regular! #$&C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5 d(3$ !  ($$   1  ((' dxdP Pd""""'dxd !  8XXXX  TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T jr )<,(j 8` `@EF` ttx$~ rߛ@ TINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @'TATKNOXVILLE@\\$TAPRIL1997SESSION `     h     ) p C.C.A.No.03C019610CR00360 0   `     h     ) `     h     ) p LOUDONCOUNTY `   `     h     )INRE:    h     ) p HON.E.EUGENEEBLEN,JUDGE  @  INTERNATIONALFIDELITY    ) 0  INSURANCECOMPANY h     ) p     `     h     )8 `     h     )FORTHEAPPELLANT: h      p FORTHEAPPELLEE: p  JOHNK.KING   h      p JOHNKNOXWALKUP  P  ALANM.PARKER    h      p AttorneyGeneralandReporter @ P.O.BOX2425   h      0 Knoxville,TN38901 h      p  MICHAELJ.FAHEY,II  p  `     h      p AssistantAttorneyGeneral `  `     h      p 450JamesRobertsonParkway  P  `     h      p Nashville,TN372430493  @  `     h      p CHARLESE.HAWK     `     h      p DistrictAttorneyGeneral `     h      `     h      p  FRANKA.HARVEY #!  `     h      p AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral $"  `     h      p P.O.BOX703 `     h      p Kingston,TN377630703 OPINIONFILED:򀀀 1-0 REVERSEDANDREMANDED 4/3 CHRISCRAFT,SPECIALJUDGE j7LXdXXd7   j#d#   #XXXXThe @-(, substantiveruleoflawtobefollowedinthiscaseisthatordinarily, aninsurancecompanywhichcomplieswith[Tenn.CodeAnn.5615101to115]#XXXXA#XXXXԀshouldnotbe 0@,0 requiredtofileadditionalassetswithlocalcourtsintheabsenceofafindingbylocaljudgesofspecificreasonstherefor.InRe:Indem.Ins.Co.ofNorthAmerica,#XXXXB#XXXXԀsupra, 4/4 at708.#XXXXC#XXXXԀTherefore,alocalruleoflawthatwouldrequirethedepositofadditionalfunds x616 beforeapetitiontoqualifycouldbeheardwouldbe#XXXXLD#XXXXnullandvoidabinitiototheextent P838 thatitconflictswiththesubstantiverightoftheinsurancecompanytohaveahearing (:x5: onthemerits,andtherighttobe#XXXX*E#XXXXrequiredtoputupadditionalfundsonlyupona  findingbythetrialjudgeofspecificreasonstherefor.#XXXX;F#XXXX   ` Onappeal, #XXXXF#thetrialcourtisgivenwidediscretioninitsregulationofbail ` bondsmenanditsactionswillnotbeXXXXoverturnedabsentashowingthattheywere 8  arbitrary,capriciousorillegal.Taylorv.Waddey,206Tenn.497,504,334S.W.2d  ` 733,736(1960),citedinInReHitt,supra,at904. Arbitraryandcapricioushas  8  beendefinedinpartasan"unreasoningaction,withoutconsiderationandindisregardofthefactsorcircumstancesofthecase.Wrightv.Bd.ofDispensingOpticians,759   S.W.2d929,932__(Tenn.Ct.App.1988);seealsoBlacksLawDictionary105????(6thed. p 1990).Fromthesparserecordbeforeusitappearsthetrialjudgemadethefollowingofthelocalruleaprerequisitetothehearingofthepetitiononitsmerits,andsodidnotconsiderthesolvencyofthecompanyoranyoftheparticularfactsinthecase.Hethensummarilydeniedthepetition,findingonlythatthedepositofadditionalfundsstillhadnotbeenmadeafterafivemonthwait.#XXXXG#XXXXSincethedismissalofthepetition  occurredwithoutallowingtheinsurancecompanytherightofahearingandafindingofspecificreasons,ifany,astowhyitmightberequiredtomakealocaldepositofcashwiththeLoudonCountyCourtClerk,thisCourtfindsthedenialofthepetitiontobe withoutconsiderationandindisregardofthefactsorcircumstancesofthecase,andthereforearbitraryandcapricious. ` Forthisreason,theorderofthetrialcourtdenyingappellantspetitiontoqualifyasabailbondsmanisherebysetaside,andthiscauseisremandedtothetrialcourtforahearingonthemeritsofthepetition.Ifthetrialcourt,afterahearing,qualifiesappellanttounderwritebailbondsinLoudonCounty,itmayrequirethatadditionalcashdeposits,deedsoftrust,oranyotherliquidassetsitdeemspropertobeheldbytheLoudonCountyCourtClerk,uponaccompaniedbyafindingofspecificreasonstherefor.See,e.g., 0@,0 Statev.AAAAaronsActionAgency,#XXXXxL#XXXX1997Tenn.Crim.App.LEXIS956#XXXXQ#XXXX,#XXXX{Q#XXXXC.C.A.NO. 2.2 01C019608-CR-00348#XXXXտQ#XXXX,DavidsonCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.,filedSeptember30, 4/4 1997#XXXX3R#XXXX). x616  (:x5:  `     h     򀀀 t  `     h     CHRISCRAFT,SPECIALJUDGE ` CONCUR:򀀀   JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE p 򀀀#XXXXR#  p JOERILEY,JUDGE  \