Potter v. Sanderson

These companion cases were appealed to this Court from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County from the action of the trial judge in sustaining a demurrer to each of the plaintiff’s declarations. The suits involve the rights of the plaintiffs to recover damages for injuries resulting from the operation of an automobile by one Phillip H. Gupton,'a duly appointed Deputy Sheriff, M. W. Sanderson, Sheriff, and other co-defendants who were sureties on the Sheriff’s official bond. The Sheriff demurred to each declaration, as did his co-defendants, E. R. Terrell and Ashley Dabbs, Sr., co-sureties on…