Glens Falls Indemnity Co. v. Dempsey

This case is controlled largely by the decision in Glens Falls Indemnity Co. v. Dempsey, ante, 607 (23 S. E. 2d, 493). That case was an action by the wife of the plaintiff in the present case against the defendant as surety on the official bond of the sheriff of Walker County, in which she sought recovery of damages, including attorney’s fees, for the official misconduct of the sheriff and his deputy as the result of which she was damaged. The case at bar is brought by the husband of the plaintiff in the foregoing case. The two cases are identical with the exception of the injury sustained by…