State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Cloud

The appellant, plaintiff in the court below, filed a suit against the appellee, sheriff of Madison county, defendant in the court below and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, surety on the bond of the appellee, for a personal injury inflicted upon him by the defendant through his deputy sheriffs, all of Madison county. The suit was filed in Copiah county, Miss., and a motion for a change of venue was made before the circuit court of that county by the defendant on the following grounds:

“1. That M. M. Cloud is a resident citizen and householder in said Madison county.

‘ ‘ 2. The…