STATE OF TENNESSEE EX REL. DAVIS v. HARTMAN

No. 2384.

306 F.Supp. 610 (1969)

STATE OF TENNESSEE ex rel. Eugene DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. Uel HARTMAN, Individually and as Sheriff of Washington County, Tennessee; County of Washington County, Tennessee; Work House Commission of Washington County, Tennessee; Western Surety Company of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Memorial Hospital, Inc.; and Dr. Horace Cupp, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

October 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. E. Bowman, Jr., Greeneville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Walter L. Price, Bryant, Price & Brandt, Johnson City, Tenn., of counsel for defendant, Memorial Hospital, Inc.

J. Paul Coleman, Simmonds Herndon, Johnson & Coleman, Johnson City, Tenn., of counsel, for defendant, Dr. Cupp.

Robert M. May, Jonesboro, Tenn., of counsel, for defendants, Uel Hartman, County of Washington, Tenn., Work House Commission and Western Surety Co., of Sioux Falls, S. D.

Ferdinand Powell, Jr., Epps, Powell, Weller, Taylor & Miller, Johnson City, Tenn., of counsel, for Hartman, Washington County, Work House Commission and Western Surety Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

This is an action for damages for violation of the plaintiff's civil rights. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983. The four remaining defendants have filed respective motions for a dismissal of the complaint as to each of them.

The defendant sheriff Hartman contends that the complaint fails to state a claim against him on which relief can be granted, Rule...

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