Easter v. City of El Dorado

*58The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Is a city liable for the damages resulting from the action of a mob which forms and operates within a city, where the injuries are inflicted on persons and property outside of the corporate limits of the city, is the uestion presented on these appeals.

The question arises on a ruling of the trial court sustaining s a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition in each case. In each petition it was alleged, in substance, that a mob of about two hundred persons assembled in the city for the unlawful purpose of injuring plaintiff and destroying his…