Shelton Dental Associates v. LaFevre

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves the liability of a surety upon a bond given for appeal to Circuit Court from a judgment of the General Sessions Court. The Trial Court relieved the surety of all obligation on the bond, and the plaintiff has appealed.

On April 6, 1985, the General Sessions Court rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellant and against the defendant, Jean Lefever (sic) for $7,956.49 plus $34.00 cost, a total of $7,990.49.

On June 4, 1985, an appeal bond was filed in General Sessions Court in the total sum of $8,490.49 ($7,990.49 + $500.00). This bond…