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McLean v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Roy

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 12, 1938No. 8739PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Ephriam R. McLean was during 1934 sheriff of Bolivar county, Miss., and had given an official bond payable to the State of Mississippi with United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company as surety. During that year an atrocious murder was committed in the county, without eyewitnesses. The county supervisors employed police.officers in Memphis, Tenn., to help discover the murderer, R. L. Roy was suspected, and the prosecuting attorney of Bolivar county had a warrant issued for his arrest which was delivered to McLean as sheriff, but on its face it ran only within the county…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCHSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  2. Ex Parte SchollenbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Home Ins. Co. v. MorseSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. Southern Pacific Co. v. DentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Blank v. BitkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
  3. McDuff v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Hann v. City of Clinton, Okl. Ex Rel. SchuetterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
  5. Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938

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