United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Rice

The appellee sued in the chancery court on the official bond of West, Sheriff of Lowndes County, on which the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company is surety, and was awarded a decree against both West and his surety for the sum of $2,088.30. The surety company only appealed.

On a former day of this term the decree was reversed, insofar as it affects the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, and the bill of complaint was dismissed as to it. The appeal bond contained a supersedeas clause and was in the following language: "The condition of the foregoing obligation is such that…