SHELTON v. FIDELITY &c. CO. OF N. Y.

34181.

86 Ga. App. 818 (1952)

72 S.E.2d 813

SHELTON v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harbin M. King, C. D. Stewart, for plaintiff in error.

Henry L. Barnett, James B. Langford, contra.


SUTTON, C.J.

Clara Shelton sued the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, the surety on the official bond of Homer Johnson, who was formerly a deputy sheriff of Gordon County, for damages alleged to have been incurred by the wrongful acts of the deputy, together with George L. Fox, then Sheriff of Gordon County, in taking the plaintiff's infant daughter from her by force, without lawful warrant or process of any kind, but under color of office and then giving...

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