STATE OF ARKANSAS v. GODBEHERE

No. 16066.

261 F.2d 623 (1958)

The STATE OF ARKANSAS on the Relation of G. A. LA GASSE for his own use, and G. A. LaGasse, Appellants, v. Ralph GODBEHERE, Sheriff, and Trinity Universal Insurance Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 23, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Hobbs, Hot Springs, Ark. (B. W. Thomas, Hot Springs, Ark., on the brief), for appellants.

No brief was filed on behalf of appellees.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


GARDNER, Chief Judge.

This was an action brought by appellant G. A. LaGasse to recover for personal injuries allegedly inflicted upon him by appellee Ralph Godbehere while acting in his official capacity as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Arkansas. Appellee Trinity Universal Insurance Company was joined as defendant because it was surety on the bond of defendant Ralph Godbehere for the faithful performance of his duties as sheriff. Jurisdiction of the Federal Court...

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