Taylor v. Slaughter

Claude Slaughter, defendant in error herein, but who was plaintiff in "the trial court, instituted an action in the district court of Bryan county, Okla., against Ruel Taylor, as sheriff of said county, and the Federal Surety Company, a corporation, as the surety upon said sheriff’s official bond, as defendants, but said defendants are plaintiffs in error herein. The purpose of the action was to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff as the result of injuries inflicted upon him by other prisoners in jail, under the guise of a “kangaroo court,” while he was held by said…