American Indemnity Co. v. Yocham

This is a suit by the appellee to recover damages for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment brought against Hugh Gillespie, city marshal and chief of police of the city of McCamey, and the surety upon his official bond, ,the American Indemnity Company. Judgment was rendered against the said defendants for $1,500, from which the surety appeals.

McCamey is a city of more than five thousand inhabitants. An ordinance of the city requires the marshal to give bond payable to the city in the sum of $10,000, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties as marshal. Section 2 of the ordinance…