Legal Opinion
Mansfield Jones v. Eleanor C. Poindexter, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph W. Poindexter Charles F. Purcell Thomas E. Albro, James N.G. Cauthen
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1990No. 89-2667PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge:
This appeal is from the district court’s dismissal of Jones’s complaint under Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(6), for failing to state a cause of action.
On May 12, 1988, the Circuit Court for the County of Louisa, Virginia, entered a $250,000.00 judgment against Jones, the plaintiff in the federal action below. Jones tendered an appeal bond with personal surety to the Clerk of the Louisa Circuit Court on May 27, 1988. Jones claims that the Louisa Clerk expressed his satisfaction with the surety’s resources at that time. On June 7,- 1988, Jones filed his notice of…
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