STATE EX REL. RICHARDSON v. EDGEWORTH

No. 44959.

214 So.2d 579 (1968)

STATE of Mississippi, for the Use and Benefit of Evelyn Taylor Richardson, Admrx. of the Estate of Billy Joe Richardson, Deceased, for the Benefit of Rhonda Rena Richardson, a Minor, Billy Joe Richardson, Jr., a Minor, and Evelyn Taylor Richardson v. Homer EDGEWORTH, James L. Barlow, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Young & Scanlon, Jackson, for appellants.

E. Michael Marks, Ernest L. Shelton, W.E. Gore, Jr., Robert G. Nichols, Jr., John R. Countiss, III, Fred Rucker, Clarence R. Scales, N. Craig Brigtsen, Jr., Jackson, for appellees.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought in the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County by Evelyn Taylor Richardson, administratrix of the estate of Billy Joe Richardson, deceased (appellant), against two justices of the peace of Hinds County, Homer Edgeworth and James L. Barlow, their deputy sheriffs and surety companies (appellees), for the wrongful death of Richardson by suicide, allegedly caused by the intentional abuse of legal process...

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