CITY OF MASON v. BANKS


581 S.W.2d 621 (1979)

CITY OF MASON, Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Albert Gene BANKS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Wilder, III, Wilder, Wilder & Johnson, Somerville, for petitioner.

Marshall Gerber, Memphis, for respondent.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

In a previous opinion, Banks v. City of Mason, 541 S.W.2d 143 (Tenn. 1976), we held that T.C.A. § 6-640, which requires a municipal corporation to indemnify any employee of a police department against whom judgment is recovered for conduct, other than "wilful wrongdoing," committed within the scope of his employment, was available to a judgment creditor of the employee by direct suit...

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