A municipal corporation shall not be liable for the torts of policemen or other officers engaged in the discharge of the duties imposed on them by law. History. — Civil Code 1895, § 744; Civil Code 1910, § 893; Code 1933, § 69-307. History of Code section. — This Code section is derived from the decisions in Cook v. Mayor of Macon, 54 Ga. 468 (1875) and Wilson v. Mayor of Macon, 88 Ga. 455, 14 S.E. 710 (1892).