Wray v. McMahon

Appellant sued the Mayor and Commissioners and Chief of Police of the City of Greenwood, and two policemen employed at the time by the city, for an alleged unwarranted, unprovoked, and dangerous assault and battery committed by the said two policemen upon appellant. The declaration after the appropriate allegations as to the official stations of the defendants averred as follows:

“It was the official duty of said Mayor and Commissioners to use due care to select and appoint suitable and proper persons as policemen for said City of Greenwood, and it was also the official duty of said Chief of…