Robertson v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action, on bond; from city court of Macon — Judge Hodges. April 3, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
This was an action by a widow to recover of the sheriff of Bibb county and the sureties upon his official bond, for the homicide of the plaintiff’s husband by one of the sheriff’s deputies. The petition is substantially as follows: The deputy was sent by the sheriff to make an arrest at a time when the deputy was under the influence of whislry, and not in a condition, mentally or physically, to perform the duties of his office, and this fact was known to the sheriff, or could have been ascertained by the exercise of ordinary care. After the deputy reached the scene of the alleged crime he…
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