Smith v. Tate
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. . Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the. Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — Hon. A. B. Pittman, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. E. J. Smith, Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
These are three suits instituted by Robert Smith, Mattie Smith, his wife, and George Smith, their son, against *270M. G-. Tate, as sheriff of Shelby county, R. B. Wilroy, H. M. Palmer, and Ed Bradley, deputy sheriffs, and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, as the surety on the sheriff’s official bond.
The suits are based on the alleged wrongful act of the sheriff and his deputies in entering the home of Robert Smith, and after such entrance assaulting and wounding Robert Smith, his wife, and their son.
The cases were…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. PhelpsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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- Frazier v. ElmoreTennessee Supreme Court · 1943
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