Montgomery v. Knox

22 Fla. 575

Opinion

Mr. Justice Raney

delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellee moves to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the appeal bond is insufficient in the amount of the penalty. This amount is $7,500. The judgment is for $7,000 damages and for $202.83 costs. The statute, (§2, p. 446, of Thompson’s Digest,) provides that the amount or penalty of the bond shall be “ sufficient to cover the amount for which judgment has been given * * together with costs.” The remainder of the section relates to the condition of the bond. The penalty is upwards of $297 in excess of the amount for which judgment, including the costs, “ has been given,” and is consequently in a larger sum than the statute requires, and is sufficient.

The motion is denied.