Kusah v. McCorkle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Mitchell, J., entered January 27, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
While respondent was lawfully incarcerated in the Thurston county jail in the custody of the sheriff and his deputies, on May 9,1917, he was attacked, cut, and stabbed with a knife by a man named Reisch, then confined in the same jail and custody under the charge of insanity lodged against him by the county attorney on May 6, 1917. Reisch was delivered by the chief of police of Olympia into the custody of Gifford, deputy sheriff and jailer, during the absence of his principal, sheriff McCorkle. During the three days Reisch was in jail prior to the affray, he was quiet and peaceable and showed…
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