Kendrick v. Adamson

1. Where a sheriff has charge of the county jail and one of his deputies is jailer and lives in the jail house, the sheriff and the sureties on his official bond would be liable for any negligence in the performance of acts colore officii by such deputy, or for his failure to perform a duty imposed by law, regarding a prisoner placed in his care and custody. 57 O. J. 799, 1015, §§ 195, 795; Re Stephens, 1 Ga. 584; Matthis v. Pollard, 3 Ga. 1; Crawford v. Howard, 9 Ga. 314; Robertson v. Smith, 16 Ga. App. 760 (85 S. E. 988); Richards v. American Surety Co., 48 Ga. App. 102 (171 S. E. 924);…