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FORD v. WELLS

Civ. A. No. 2736.

347 F.Supp. 1026 (1972)

Carl FORD, Plaintiff, v. Victor WELLS, Constable, and Western Surety Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

May 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. E. Bowman, Jr., and Kyle K. King, Greeneville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Charles R. Terry, Charles R. Terry & Associates, Morristown, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

This is an action for money damages for the violation by the defendant Mr. Victor Wells of the federally-protected civil rights of the plaintiff Mr. Carl Ford in a warrantless arrest. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It was tried by the Court on May 22, 1972.

At all pertinent times: the defendant Mr. Wells was a duly elected constable of Greene County, Tennessee and acting under color of the laws of Tennessee, and...

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