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GLOVER v. HAZELWOOD

387 S.W.2d 600 (1964)

Dessie GLOVER, Appellant, v. Roy HAZELWOOD et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon A. Vaughn, Jerry W. Nall, Vaughn, Nall & Stephens, Dixon, for appellant.

William L. Sullivan, Dorsey & Sullivan, Henderson, for appellees.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Dessie Glover brought action against Roy Hazelwood, Jailer of Henderson County, and the surety on the latter's bond, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Glover when, being confined in the Henderson County jail on a drunkenness charge, he was assaulted by another prisoner, Kelly Moss, who was in jail pending appeal of a conviction of murder. The theory of the action was that the jailer knew or should have known that Moss had...

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