Legal Opinion
McLendon v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1893PublishedCited by 21 opinions
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from. Circuit Court of Shelby County. L. H. Estes, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
This is an action of damages for false imprisonment, brought in the name of the State of Tennessee for the use of Henry Kennedy, against A. J. McLendon, Sheriff of Shelby County, and the sureties on his official bond.
Trial before Court and jury resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff- and against all the defendants for $500. The defendants have appealed in error, and ask a reversal in this Court, upon several grounds.
The principal averments of the declaration are, in substance, that the plaintiff, Henry Kennedy, *522was confined in the work-house of Shelby County under a void…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Ex Parte ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lammon v. FeusierSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
3Cited by21 opinions
- Jones v. Van BeverCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- O'Haver v. MontgomeryTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- Ivy v. OsborneTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
- State ex rel. Conner v. HerbertTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
- State Ex Rel. Harbin v. DunnCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
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