Young v. Amis

Opinion op the 'Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The appellee John G. Amis was a policeman of the city of Louisville during the year 1926, and his coappejlee, the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, was surety on his bond. The appellant, Herbert Young, who was the plaintiff below, brought this action against Amis and his surety; it being alleged in the petition that on March 24, 1926, in Louisville, Ky., while the defendant Amis was acting in his official capacity as a police officer, and, while acting within the scopé of his authority as such officer, he arrested the plaintiff, and that,…