Poole v. New

C. E. Poole was the sheriff of Morgan county. Jody Walker was one of his regular deputies. The American Surety Company of New York was the surety on C. E. Poole’s official bond. Jody Walker arrested appellee wrongfully, without a warrant. Later he swore out a warrant for appellee, purporting to charge him with the offense of vagrancy. The prosecution thus instituted was dismissed. Appellee then brought this suit in four counts against Poole, Walker, and the bonding company jointly. From a judgment in his favor, this appeal is prosecuted by the American Surety Company of New York and C. E.…