Yekhtikian v. Blessing

This action of trespass for false imprisonment was brought against the defendant, a police officer, for the false arrest of the plaintiff on the charge of violating the provisions of a statute subsequently declared to be unconstitutional. The case was tried before a superior court justice sitting without a jury and resulted in a decision for the defendant. The case is before us solely on the plaintiff’s exception to> such decision. Prior tO' the trial the defendant pleaded the general issue and the case was tried on the theory that he had pleaded justification, to which plea the plaintiff had…