Hardeman v. Mayfield

This case concerns whether a bond for costs must be filed in order to perfect an appeal to the circuit court from a district court civil judgment.1

The district court rendered judgment for $650 against the defendant, who promptly filed notice of appeal to the circuit court and paid the docket fee for the new filing in the circuit court. However, she did not file a bond for costs and the plaintiff moved to dismiss the appeal because of the lack of such bond. The circuit court granted the plaintiff's motion and dismissed the defendant's appeal to that court. Hence the present appeal to this…