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BAILEY v. HARRIS

No. Civ-1-74-86.

377 F.Supp. 401 (1974)

Lora BAILEY, Administratrix of the Estate of Floyd Bailey, Deceased, and State of Tennessee ex rel. Lora Bailey, Administratrix of Estate of Floyd Bailey, Deceased, v. Ola C. HARRIS, Sheriff of Rhea County, et al.

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

June 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Moseley, and Floyd Hutcherson, Rockford, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

McKenzie & McKenzie, Dayton, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought pursuant to the Federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) for the alleged wrongful death of the plaintiff's decedent. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff's decedent, while an inmate in the Rhea County, Tennessee, Jail, was killed by another inmate of that institution and avers that the homicide occurred as a result of the negligent performance by the defendants of their official...

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