POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
Justice Court Rule of Civil Procedure 100 provides that:
(a) Bond on Appeal - General. The notice of appeal required in Rule 99 must be accompanied by an appeal bond. The appeal bond may be in the form of a cash bond, a formal surety bond, or an informal surety bond. After an appeal bond is filed, the other party may raise,for determination by the judge, objections to the form of the bond or to sufficiency of the surety.
(b) Bond on Appeal - Judgment Debtor. Where a judgment debtor appeals a small claims judgment the bond posted must undertake and promise to pay to the judgment creditor should the judgment be affirmed or the appeal dismissed:
(1) an amount equal to the judgment, plus interest; plus
(2) $100 to cover the costs of the filing fees and any other costs of defending the appeal awarded by the district court; plus
(3) $15 to cover the respondent's attorney fees should such attorney fees be awarded by the district court.
(c) Bond on Appeal - Plaintiff. Where a plaintiff appeals a small claims judgment in favor of the defendant or in an amount less than claimed, the bond posted must undertake and promise to pay to the defendant should the judgment be affirmed or the appeal dismissed:
(1) $100 to cover the costs of the filing fees and any other costs of defending the appeal awarded by the district court; plus
(2) $15 to cover the respondent's attorney fees should such attorney fees be awarded by the district court.