Bledsoe v. Burleson

This suit is the outgrowth of the flogging case in Williamson county, in which several of the fioggers were convicted of felonious assaults^ upon appellee, R. W. Burleson. He sued 37 defendants for damages resulting from said assault and flogging, which occurred about April 1, 1923, and charged conspiracy among all of said defendants to commit said criminal assault. Upon the trial appellee dismissed his suit as to ten of said defendants. At the close of the evidence the court gave peremptory instructions to the jury to find in favor of 15 other defendants. Upon the finding of the jury…