McCoy v. Key

The appellant, McCoy, brought his action for damages against S. W. Key, C. M. Gulley, sheriff, and the Hnited States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and the Mississippi Fire Insurance Company, as sureties on the sheriff’s bond. The declaration alleged that Key was a deputy sheriff of Gulley, the sheriff, and that he unlawfully shot McCoy while exercising the duties and functions of a deputy sheriff. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, the court peremptoi’ily instructed the jury ,to return a verdict for Gully, the sheriff, and the sureties on his bond.

The court further submitted the…