Section 192.27 Not Liable for Acts Performed under Orders
192.27 NOT LIABLE FOR ACTS PERFORMED UNDER ORDERS.
The commanding officer of any of the military forces engaged in the suppression of an insurrection, the dispersion of a mob or the enforcement of the laws shall exercise discretion as to the propriety of firing upon or otherwise attacking any mob or other unlawful assembly; and, if that officer exercises honest judgment thereon, the officer shall not be liable in either a civil or criminal action for any act done while on such duty. No officer or enlisted member shall be held liable in either a civil or a criminal action, for any act done under lawful orders and in the performance of duty.
History:
(2426) 1921 c 506 s 32; 1986 c 444