Filarski v. Covey

This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant C. H. Covey, as deputy sheriff, W. J. Hime, as sheriff of the county of Kings, state of California, and Maryland .Casualty Company, a corpora tion, as surety on the official. bond of W. J. Hime, as sheriff, for the purpose of recovering damages, in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the death of a minor son of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of C. H. Covey, as deputy sheriff. The trial court sustained the demurrer of the defendants Hime and Maryland Casualty Company to plaintiff’s amended complaint…