Miller v. City of Boise

HOLDEN, Chief Justice.

February 28, 1948, James Miller was arrested for drunkenness and' put in jail. On the same day he pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined twenty dollars by the Boise City magistrate, and on failure to pay was committed to jail. March 1, 1949, Miller, with other prisoners, under the supervision qf a patrolman, moved furniture, for about two hours, from the old city hall to the new. At about half past three in the afternoon, Miller was being driven in a city truck to a cafe to eat, when a sliding door in the truck slammed shut, amputating the distal phalanx of his left…