Wells v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

Carley, Judge.

Sheriff Cooper, who is a defendant below but not a party to the instant appeals, is the sole law enforcement officer of Chattahoochee County. Sheriff Cooper’s surety bond is held by appellee-defendant Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. Appellant-plaintiffs were injured when their automobile crested a hill late one night and then crashed into Sheriff Cooper’s unoccupied vehicle which had *78been parked in the right hand lane of the highway. Sheriff Cooper had stopped and parked his vehicle in this position so that he could kill a rattlesnake that he had observed. Appellants…