Island v. Helmer

This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages he sustained as the result of being shot by the defendant George D. Stewart. Stewart was the deputy sheriff of Lawrence county. The defendant Helmer was the sheriff of Lawrence county, and the defendant state bonding ’department had furnished Helmer’s official bond. The jury returned a verdict against all defendants, and the defendant Stewart has not appealed. The defendants Helmer and the state bonding department have taken this appeal from the judgment entered against them and from the order denying their motion for a new trial.

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