FREEMAN v. ROSS


256 S.W.2d 714 (1953)

FREEMAN et al. v. ROSS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Whalley and Martin & Cochran, Nashville, for plaintiffs.

John Hardin, Hopkinsville, Ky., Allen M. O'Brien, and Jake A. O'Brien, Springfield, for defendant.


GAILOR, Justice.

This appeal presents a suit brought by Mrs. Nancy Ross as administratrix of the estate of Thurman Ross, for the wrongful killing of Thurman Ross. It is alleged in the declaration that the defendants Carney Freeman and D.S. McCormac, while officers of the State Highway Patrol, wrongfully shot and killed Thurman Ross, and that the defendant, Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, is the surety on the bond of the defendant highway patrolmen and...

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