BLAKEY v. BOOS

No. 10339.

153 N.W.2d 305 (1967)

Spencer BLAKEY, Jr., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Barney BOOS, as an Individual and as Sheriff of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Richard Amos, as Deputy Sheriff of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, and the Western Surety Company, a corporation of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

October 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brady, Kabeiseman & Light and C. E. Light, Yankton, for plaintiff and appellant.

Kirby, McDonnell & Kirby, Gene McDonnell, Sioux Falls, for defendants and respondents.


RENTTO, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks damages from the sheriff of Minnehaha County, his deputy and the sheriff's surety, for personal injuries caused him by a fellow jail inmate on February 3, 1963. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered thereon. His principal claims are that the court should have directed a verdict for him on all issues except the amount of damages, and that the verdict is contrary to the evidence and...

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