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MUELLER v. POWELL

No. 14720.

203 F.2d 797 (1953)

MUELLER v. POWELL et al.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor B. Harris, St. Louis, Mo. (James T. Blair, Jr., Jefferson City, Mo., and Smith, Harris & Hanke, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

Warren D. Welliver, Columbia, Mo. (Don C. Carter, Sturgeon, Mo., R. E. Ausmus, Centralia, Mo., and Alexander, Ausmus, Harris & Welliver, Columbia, Mo., on the brief), for appellees Powell and Wedemier.

W. E. Kemp, Kansas City, Mo. (Elliot Norquist, James P. Tierney and Kemp, Koontz, Clagett & Norquist, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellee Ginn.

Before SANBORN, RIDDICK, and COLLET, Circuit Judges.

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

Robert P. Mueller sued the sheriff of Boone County, Missouri, and two of his deputies for redress for the deprivation of his rights under the Constitution of the United States. The action was brought in the United States District Court under the Civil Rights Act.1 The cause was tried by the court sitting as a jury. The judgment was for the defendants, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

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