Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-99 (2026)
How executors, administrators, guardians, and conservators appeal
✓ current as of July 2026
The chancery court, in its discretion, may allow executors, administrators, guardians and conservators to appeal money or property judgments or orders against their wards or estates with supersedeas under any existing bond or one set for that purpose; but they shall pay the costs of the lower court including the Supreme Court filing fee.
Codes, 1880, § 2334; 1892, § 92; 1906, § 93; Hemingway's 1917, § 75; 1930, § 75; 1942, § 1209; Laws, 1978, ch. 335, § 30; Laws, 2000, ch. 577, § 7, eff. 7/1/2000.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1987–2001 · leading case: Matter of Est. of Moreland, 537 So. 2d 1345 (Miss. 1989).
Matter of Est. of Moreland, 537 So. 2d 1345 (Miss. 1989). “Contrary to the assumption of the parties and the lower court, the appeal of Mittie Moreland from the chancery court's original Order ( Moreland I ) is with supersedeas per Mississippi Code Annotated, § 11-51-99 (Supp. 1988). [2] This code section, in effect since July 1, 1978,…”
Tatum v. Barrentine, 797 So. 2d 223 (Miss. 2001). “The fifth issue presented to this Court is whether the trial court erred in ordering the Estate to post a supersedeas bond? The Estate argues that pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 11-51-99 (Supp. 2000), it should not have been ordered to post a supersedeas bond.”
In Re Conservatorship of Stallings, 523 So. 2d 49 (Miss. 1988). “Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-99 (Supp. 1987) provides that conservators appealing orders affecting them in their fiduciary capacity "shall have a supersedeas on such appeal, without bonds for supersedeas; but they shall pay the costs of the lower court including the Supreme Court…”
In Re Est. of Taylor, 539 So. 2d 1029 (Miss. 1989). “Her authority for this claim is found in § 11-51-99 of Miss. Code Ann. (Supp. 1988), which reads as follows: Executors, administrators, and guardians, except those who have not given bonds as such, may appeal from any judgment, decree, or order affecting them in their fiduciary…”
Braxton v. Johnson, 514 So. 2d 1232 (Miss. 1987). “Code Ann. § 91-7-165 is the statutory procedure for contested creditors’ claims.”
Stewart v. Bush, 523 So. 2d 49 (Miss. 1988). “Miss.Code Ann. § 11-51-99 (Supp.1987) provides that conservators appealing orders affecting them in their fiduciary capacity “shall have a supersedeas on such appeal, without bonds for supersedeas; but they shall pay the costs of the lower court including the Supreme Court…”
Perkins v. Thompson, 539 So. 2d 1029 (Miss. 1989). “Her authority for this claim is found in § 11-51-99 of Miss.Code Ann. (Supp.1988), which reads as follows: Executors, administrators, and guardians, except those who have not given bonds as such, may appeal from any judgment, decree, or order affecting them in their fiduciary…”
David Tatum v. Amanda Barrentine (Miss. 1999). “The fifth issue presented to this Court is whether the trial court erred in ordering the Estate to post a supersedeas bond? The Estate argues that pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-99 (Supp. 2000), it should not have been ordered to post a supersedeas bond.”
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