Bearry v. Stringfellow

Mrs. Betty Stringfellow, for herself and as mother and next friend of Melvin Richard Stringfellow and Phillip Wayne Stringfellow, minors, being the widow and children, respectively, of Melvin Ira Stringfellow, deceased, filed this suit against W. D. Bearry and James H. Smith to recover damages for the wrongful death of their husband and father.

It was charged in the declaration that W. D. Bearry, on May 26, 1961, was Sheriff of George County, Mississippi, and that James H. Smith was his duly appointed deputy, acting as Bearry’s agent and employee within the course and scope of his agency and…