Matlock v. Pray

This was an appeal taken by appellant to the Circuit Court from a judgment of the County Court rejecting a claim exhibited by him against the defendant administrator.

The cause was submitted to and heard by a jury in the Circuit Court, a verdict rendered for the administrator and the same set aside and a new trial awarded.

Afterward the court, at the instance of the administrator, ordered the plaintiff in error to file an additional appeal bond or show cause by-a day named—the ground of such action being that the appeal bond was not given in a penal sum double the amount of costs in the County…