Burns v. Duncan

Carl Duncan, the plaintiff below (and hereinafter described as plaintiff), sued Frank Burns, Sheriff of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and Luke Mowery, Deputy Sheriff and Jailer of said County, in the Second Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, for damages, averring in his declaration that he had been by them “falsely imprisoned and illegally deprived of his liberty for a period of fifteen days.”

Plaintiff also sued, in the same action, National Surety Corporation, a foreign corporation, as the surety on the official bond of defendant Frank Burns, Sheriff, etc.

The aforesaid defendants…