Richards v. American Surety Co.

Plaintiff’s husband was standing at a liquor still when certain officers of the law came to raid it. He was not connected with the raiding squad in any way, nor was he doing anything at the still. When the officers came, he became frightened and ran away from them. J. A. Paul, a deputy sheriff under and subject to T. E. Watkins, sheriff of Oglethorpe county, and while acting as such deputy sheriff, ran after him and tried to catch him, and, not being able to do so, shot him in the back and killed him. The defendant surety company was surety on the official bond of the sheriff, which was…