Wells' Administrator v. Lewis

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

While pursuing and shooting at one Simms in a crowd at night, appellee, Lewis, at the time sheriff of Muhlenberg county, unintentionally shot and killed Earl Wells, and this suit, originating in the Muhlenberg circuit court, is by Wells’ Administrator against the sheriff and his bondsmen, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, to recover damages for the wrongful death of Wells under .section 6 of the statutes. At the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff the trial court directed the jury to find and return a verdict for the sheriff and…