STATE v. FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO.

[No. 171, October Term, 1951.]

200 Md. 194 (1952)

88 A.2d 457

STATE, USE OF HILL v. FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Woelfel for appellant.

Harry E. Clark, with whom were Oliver S. Mullikin and Edward D.E. Rollins, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS and HENDERSON, JJ.


DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Action was brought by the State of Maryland, to the use of Douglas Hill, against A. Raymond Carroll, Sheriff of Talbot County, and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, surety on the sheriff's bond, to recover for personal injuries inflicted by the sheriff upon Hill at the county jail in Easton.

The second count, which brought suit against the surety, alleges that Carroll was elected sheriff on November...

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