Union Bank of Mississippi v. Hudgeons

These two cases were dismissed for want of security for costs, under an order of the court.

The rule was obtained at one term of the court for the security, and at the next succeeding term the suits were dismissed, the security not having been given. The plaintiffs, after the suits had been dismissed, moved the court to reinstate them on the payment of the costs already incurred, and security for the future costs. But this motion was overruled, and writs of error were sued out.

Had the application to reinstate been accompanied by a reasonable showing why the rule had not been complied with, the…