PATTERSON, Justice:
This is an appeal from a judgment, in the sum of $15,000, of the Circuit Court of Greene County in favor of Ralph Hicks for injuries resulting from being shot by Deputy Sheriff Bernard Merritt.
On Sunday afternoon, March 7, 1965, Hicks, Hugh McInnis, a professional football player, and two of their friends were drinking beer and riding around the town of Leakesville. The proprietor of a service station complained to the city marshal of...
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