Cassier v. Fales

This is an action of tort, in the nature of trespass, for an illegal arrest and false imprisonment. The plaintiff is an infant. He was arrested by a constable upon a writ sued out by the defendant, upon which was the proper affidavit and certificate required by law to authorize the arrest of the plaintiff. The defendant aided the constable, at his request, in making the arrest. The plaintiff testified that, at the time of the arrest, he notified the defendant, his attorney, and the constable that he was under the age of twenty-one years; and asked the court to rule that, “ if the defendant,…