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GLASS v. HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Civ. A. No. 6738.

363 F.Supp. 241 (1973)

Dennis Ray GLASS, husband of Vickie Renee Lane Glass, and Loretta Harris, mother & next friend of Vickie Renee Lane Glass, minor daughter of Fred Lane, Deceased v. HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

August 29, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atchley, Atchley & Cox, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Walter L. Lusk, Chattanooga, Tenn., for H. Q. Evatt.

Samuel H. Payne, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Hamilton County Council.

Don Moore, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., for Carl Locke, Warden.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action for damages for the alleged wrongful death of the plaintiff's father. The action is sought to be maintained in this court under the Federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) and jurisdiction is predicated upon that statute and 28 U.S.C. § 1343.

The complaint alleges in substance that the plaintiff's decedent, while an inmate in the Hamilton County, Tennessee, workhouse...

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