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COLORED MAN LOSES HIS SUIT. Damages Asked from a Town for the Action of a Mob. Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. GUTHRIE, Ok., Sept. 16.-Negroes are not allowed to live or work in the town of Norman, containing 2,000 population. Last winter a negro went there to put a tin roof on a building. He was attacked by a mob and cruelly beaten. He brought suit for $20,000 against the town, claiming that the police officers failed to protect him. Today Judge Burwell sustained the demurrer to the plaintiff's petition and threw the case out of court, holding that a municipality could not be held responsible for its police officers' doing, or failing to do, their duty.
Article from 17 Sep 1899The Inter Ocean(Chicago, IL)
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