STATE EX REL. BENZ v. BLACKWELL

Nos. 50200-50209.

716 S.W.2d 270 (1986)

STATE of Missouri, ex rel., Thomas E. BENZ, Relator-Respondent, v. David BLACKWELL, Sheriff of St. Louis County, and Safeco Insurance Company of America, Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied August 20, 1986.

Application to Transfer Denied October 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Wehrle, Don R. Williams, Clayton, David M. Duree, St. Louis, for defendants-appellants.

Jesse W. Ullom, Deborah H. Weinstein, Clayton, for relator-respondent.


Motion for Rehearing or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied August 20, 1986.

KELLY, Judge.

The Sheriff of St. Louis County and Safeco Insurance of America, the sheriff's surety on his public official's bond, appeal from a judgment against them in a civil suit for damages claiming false return of a summons in a prior divorce action. Following a jury trial and verdict, the court entered a judgment for Thomas E. Benz (husband), against defendants in the amount of...

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