Dixieland Food Stores, Inc. v. Kelly's Big Star, Inc.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court.

ON MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

The Circuit Court of Smith County entered a judgment against appellants in favor of appellee for $250,000 which was filed on May 5, 1979. The last post trial motion was overruled on July 12, 1979, and on that date, appellants filed a petition for appeal in which they requested the clerk to mark the petition filed “and act otherwise in accord with section 11-51-15 Mississippi Code Annotated (Supp.1978) and other applicable statutes.” Appellants filed an appeal bond with supersedeas in the amount of $312,500. The Circuit Clerk of Smith…