Newton County v. State ex rel. Dukes

BARNES, J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case of first impression stems from a circuit clerk’s approval of two su-persedeas bonds when there was no indication that the principals or the sureties could actually satisfy those supersedeas bonds in the event that they were unsuccessful on appeal. Incident to claims under the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Act, George Dukes and Joe Jordan each obtained judgments that totaled approximately $185,000 against Roy and Kevin White. The Whites appealed and posted supersedeas bonds. Their wives signed as the sureties on those bonds. Rodney Bounds, the Newton…