Eberhart v. Murphy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Taylor, J., entered March 27, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for the sum of $2,000, in an action upon a sheriff’s official bond, after a trial on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This suit consists of two causes of action against William P. Murphy, sheriff of Yakima county, and the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, as surety on the sheriff’s official bond. The first cause of action is on account of an alleged false arrest and imprisonment; the second alleges that, upon being confined in the county jail, plaintiff was made *160the victim of a mock trial by the other inmates during the progress of which he was assaulted and seriously injured. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and defendants have appealed.
In the first cause of action, it is…
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