Deloach v. Rogers

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, A. E. Deloach, is a resident of Georgia. In the District Court for the Southern District of Georgia he brought suit against Candler Rogers and Mark Dukes, both of whom were Georgia residents. Rogers was sheriff of Evans County, Georgia, and Dukes was his deputy. The complaint recited that the appellant was sixty-three years old, physically infirm, the owner of land in Evans County where he resided, and that he had never been in trouble and, prior to the incident forming the gravamen of his complaint, had never been arrested. It was alleged that he had been…