Morrissey v. Carter

Opinion by

THREADGILL, C.

The plaintiff in error, Dan Morrissey, as plaintiff below, commenced this action in the district court o.f Oklahoma county, against James M. Carter, former sheriff of Canadian county, and the American Surety Company of New York, defendants in error, defendants below, to recover damages for an alleged misfeasance upon the part of one Emery Barker, a deputy of the said James M. Carter. The facts in the case are substantially as follows:

During the years 1917 and 1918, James M. Carter was sheriff of Canadian county, and Emery Barker was one of his deputies. The American…