Tate v. National Surety Corp.

This is an action against the surety on the bond of a sheriff for injuries sustained by a prisoner confined in a county jail when he was “kangarooed” by other prisoners confined therein. His petition alleged that the jailer and deputy sheriff in charge of said jail knew of the practice of “kangarooing,” and knowingly allowed the injuries to be inflicted upon him. The evidence adduced upon the trial of the case showed that the prisoner was incarcerated in the county jail for the violation of a municipal ordinance; that his arrest was by the chief of police and other officers of the…