Bricker v. Sims

These four cases were filed in the Circuit Court of Weakley County to recover damages for alleged unlawful arrest and false imprisonment in the county jail of Weakley County. The defendants named in each summons are the following: W. V. Sims, Sheriff ; II. II. Ivie, Deputy Sheriff; City of Martin, a municipal corporation; Jack Vincent, E. L. Puckett, Willard Books, Dr. B. W. Brandon, Jr.; and Paul Clark. The substance of each declaration is that the named defendants, Vincent Mayor; Puckett, Rooks, Brandon, and Clark, Aldermen of the City of Martin, claimed to have enacted what is known as a…