Ladd v. Miles

This is an action in tort against a sheriff, certain of his deputies and the surety on his official bond, based upon what is alleged to have been an unlawful procuring of the issuance of a search warrant and upon the acts done under the search warrant so procured. A trial was had to a jury, which returned a verdict against the defendant sheriff, his deputy Duggan and the National Surety Company, the surety on the sheriff’s official bond, in the sum of two hundred fifty dollars. Motions for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial having been interposed and denied, a judgment on the verdict was…