Tedford v. McWhorter

COLLINGS, Justice.

Roy E. Tedford brought suit against J. E. McWhorter for false arrest. Plaintiff alleged that McWhorter was Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1, Ellis County and unlawfully issued two warrants under which plaintiff was arrested and imprisoned in the county jail of Dallas County, for a period of approximately five hours and, while so imprisoned, suffered a minor heart *833attack. The defendant answered and set up the defense of judicial exemption. Defendant also filed a motion for summary judgment which plaintiff controverted. The court granted the motion for summary…