State ex rel. Poole v. Maryland Casualty Co.

LEE, Justice,

for the Court:

Effie J. Poole obtained judgment in the Circuit Court of Quitman County against Sheriff Lewis Q. Brunt in the sum of thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) for personal injuries resulting from a collision between automobiles driven by her and the sheriff’s deputy. [When the suit was first filed, a demurrer was sustained by the trial court, and, on appeal here, the judgment was reversed as to Sheriff Brunt, and affirmed as to his bond company. Poole v. Brunt, 338 So.2d 991 (Miss.1976)]. Being unable to collect the judgment from Sheriff Brunt, who was not covered by…