Buchanan v. Crow

On the night of October 1, 1921, appellant herein was sheriff of McLen-nan county. At that time he undertook to stop a parade of members of the Ku Klux Klan, in the town of Lorena, McLennan county. In the melée that ensued, O. L. Crow, who was not shown to be a member of the Klan, but a bystander, was killed. His widow, Mrs. Inez L. Crow, filed suit in the district court of McLennan county against Buchanan and the sureties on his official bond, alleging that, in attempting to stop the parade referred to, and assuming to act therein in his official capacity as sheriff, he unlawfully inflicted…