Robert W. Jackson v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Marvin Rice, Virgil Erickson and John Fetzer

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment adverse to plaintiff-appellant in an action for damages for alleged deprivation of plaintiff’s rights under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Defendants-appellees are Marvin Rice, sheriff of Chariton County, Missouri; Virgil Erickson, his deputy; Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, surety on the officers’ bonds; and Dr. John Fetzer, an osteopathic physician who as county physician treated plaintiff during his incarceration.

The basis of plaintiff’s claims as set forth in Kis amended complaint is that defendants failed to…