Garrett v. Nix

ON MOTION TO DOCKET AND DISMISS APPEAL

PRATHER, Justice,

for the court:

The appellants, Mrs. Diamond Garrett, Mrs. Leora Davis, and Mrs. Geneva Thompson, filed a lawsuit against several doctors and other medical personnel in order to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of a relative. In the trial held before the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, the trial judge directed a verdict in favor of the appellees. The appellees now contend that the appellants’ appeal must be dismissed for failure to timely pay the costs of appeal and for failure to give timely…