Young v. Davis

Appellee brought this action in the circuit court of Hinds county against appellants, the marshal of the town of Terry, and the Maryland Casualty Company, the surety on his official bond, to recover damages for an alleged assault committed on him by Young in attempting to arrest him for a criminal offense claimed to have been committed within the corporate limits of the town in the presence of Young. There was a verdict and judgment in appellee’s favor, from which appellants prosecute this appeal.

The evidence for appellee tended to show that Young undertook to arrest appellee without any…