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BOSTON v. LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISS.

No. WC87-151-B-D.

743 F.Supp. 462 (1990)

Louise BOSTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Mae Evelyn Boston, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, W.D.

July 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Cleveland, Miss., for plaintiff.

R. Lloyd Arnold, Jackson, Jay Gore, III, Grenada, H. Scot Spragins, Oxford, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BIGGERS, District Judge.

This case arises out of an unfortunate chain of events which resulted in the death of Mae Evelyn Boston ("Boston") during her detention in the Lafayette County Jail on July 12, 1987, after her sister signed an affidavit that Boston was mentally deranged and needed confinement for the protection of herself and others. The plaintiff, administratrix of the deceased's estate, alleges causes of action against Lafayette...

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