STATE v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY


314 S.W.2d 161 (1958)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Hazel COFFELT v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Certiorari denied June 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dietzen, Graham & Dietzen, Chattanooga, for plaintiff.

A.A. Kelly, South Pittsburg, for defendant Hartford Acc. & Ind. Co.

Paul D. Kelly, Jr., Jasper, for defendant Johnny O. Matthews, sheriff.


Certiorari denied by Supreme Court June 6, 1958.

FELTS, Judge.

This is an action against the sheriff of Marion County and the surety upon his official bond for the wrongful act of his deputy in shooting and seriously wounding Thurman Coffelt, a minor. The suit was brought on relation of his mother, Hazel Coffelt, suing for compensatory and for punitive damages for his use and benefit in the first count and for her own use and benefit in the second count.<...

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