Smith v. Hicks

PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment, in the sum of $15,000, of the Circuit Court of Greene County in favor of Ralph Hicks for injuries resulting from being shot by Deputy Sheriff Bernard Merritt.

On Sunday afternoon, March 7, 1965, Hicks, Hugh Mclnnis, a professional football player, and two of their friends were drinking beer and riding around the town of Leakesville. The proprietor of a service station complained to the city marshal of their presence at the station and of their having made such fast acceleration of their automobile that rocks had been thrown from under the…