AMERICAN DRUGGISTS INSURANCE COMPANY v. Harris

Ronald Epperson was charged with trafficking in cocaine, and American Druggists Insurance Company posted bond for him in the sum of $225,000. After Epperson failed to appear, the bond was ordered forfeited and the principal paid to Governor Joe Frank Harris by judgment entered March 23, 1984. American Druggists’ timely motion for new trial was overruled by order filed April 23, 1984.

American Druggists’ first notice of appeal seeking to appeal the trial court’s order entered June 18 denying American Druggists’ “Motion for Hearing on Appeal,” filed June 11 and seeking rehearing of the court’s…