United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. State Ex Rel. Stringfellow

This case is a sequel of Bearry v. Stringfellow, 246 Miss. 123, 149 So. 2d 500 (1963) (Circuit Court Docket No. 1028), and Bearry v. Stringfellow, 247 Miss. 683, 156 So. 2d 220, 157 So. 2d 491 (1963). The first suit was instituted by Mrs. Betty Stringfellow, the widow, and as Next Friend for the children, of Melvin Ira Stringfellow, against W. D. Bearry, Sheriff of George County, Mississippi, and his Deputy, James H. Smith, for the wrongful death of Mr. Stringfellow. It was charged that the Deputy Sheriff negligently shot and killed Mr. Stringfellow, the husband and father of plaintiffs,…