In re Hitt’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “it is the trial court’s function to regulate the professional bondsmen that execute bonds in its court, and it may impose reasonable limitations on the total liability of such bondsmen’s undertakings in that court. [T.C.A. §§ 40-11-302 — 306]. Further, a trial court has the inherent power to administer its affairs, including the right to impose reasonable regulations regarding the making of bonds. Taylor v. Waddey, 206 Tenn. 497 , 334 S.W.2d 733 (1960). Hull v. State, 543 S.W.2d 611, 612 (Tenn.Crim.App.1976). In other words, the trial court is given wide discretion in its regulation of bail bondsmen and its actions will not be overturned absent a showing that they were arbitrary, capricious or illegal. Taylor v. Waddey, 206 Tenn. 497, 504 , 334 S.W.2d 733, 736 (1960). Moreover as Taylor notes, the fact that the legislature has enacted statutes dealing with bail bondsmen and their regulation does not in any way interfere with the inherent powers of regulation possessed by the court to act in addition to the statutes. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re International Fidelity Insurance Co.