Estate of Spiegel v. Western Surety Co.

MYERS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On December 28, 2002, the personal representative of the Estate of Lawrence Spiegel (“Spiegel”), filed a complaint against Western Surety Company, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Gayle Parker, Circuit Clerk of Harrison County, Mississippi, and Webb L. Lee, former Circuit Clerk of Harrison County, Mississippi, and Gail Nicholson in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County. Western Surety Company and Fidelity Deposit Company were joined as defendants in the case because they were sureties for the circuit clerk and former circuit…