Portage Co-operative Creamery Ass'n v. Sauk County

The state clothes certain municipalities with powers and exacts from them the performance of certain duties. Among the powers granted is that of maintaining a police force; among the duties exacted is that of preserving the public peace. It was the duty of the respondent county in this case to preserve order and give security to persons within its borders at the time of the happening of the incident out of which this action arises. The statute law of this state provides for the recovery of damages by *503persons injured by a riot or mob. Sec. 66.07, Stats., reads as follows:

“(1) The county shall…