Hinson v. Preslor

GOLDTHWÁITE, J. In cases of appeals, where no bond is given to supersede the judgment or decree, the Code (§ 3041) requires that the appellant shall give security for the costs of the appeal. The judgment in the present case was not superseded ; and the obligation, which the surety of the appellant has entered into, only binds him to pay the costs of the appeal in the Supreme Court, in case the judgment of the court below is affirmed. This is not a compliance with the statute, since the surety would not be bound to pay the costs of the appeal if it was dismissed, as it might be if not taken within the time prescribed by law, as well as in other cases. The motion to dismiss must accordingly prevail.