O'DELL v. Goodsell

41 N.W.2d 123 (1950)

152 Neb. 290

O'DELL

v.

GOODSELL et al.

No. 32629.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 3, 1950.

Carlos Goltz, Sioux City, Iowa, George W. Leamer, So. Sioux City, for appellant.

Warner & Warner, Dakota City, John E. Newton, Ponca, Cook & Cook, Fremont, Mark J. Ryan, So. Sioux City, for appellees.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.

SIMMONS, Chief Justice.

This is an action for damages resulting from the death of plaintiff's intestate while a prisoner in the county jail in custody of the defendant Goodsell, sheriff of Dakota…