Giles v. Parker

BROWN, Justice.

This is an action of trespass vi et armis against Giles, as sheriff of Madison county, and the surety on his official bond, for wrongfully causing the death of plaintiff’s minor son. Holland v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland et al., 225 Ala. 669, 145 So. 131.

The complaint consists of a single count, which, after averring that the defendant Giles was on June 5, 1932, the sheriff of Madison county, and that the other defendant was the surety on his official bond, avers, “that on to-wit, said date the defendant Ben F. Giles, acting by and through his duly authorized deputy,…