Crowley v. Rummel
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Yavapai. John J. Sweeney, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, C. J.
Suit by plaintiff against defendant for false imprisonment.
Defendant in bis answer denied that tbe imprisonment was unlawful, and set out therein that be was acting as a peace officer (chief of police of the town of Jerome), and, as such, arrested and imprisoned plaintiff in the town jail for vagrancy, as defined in *181Ordinance No. 88 of the town of Jerome, and that plaintiff was found guilty thereof and sentenced. He also demurred to plaintiff’s complaint as not stating a cause of action. Demurrer was overruled, and, upon a trial before a jury, plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment for…
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