Pease v. Hubbard
Illinois Supreme Court
"Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. M. E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought by Juliet Pease, a minor, by her next friend, Albert Morgan, at the December term, 1864, of the Circuit Court in Burean county, against Charles Hubbard. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The plaintiff, Juliet Pease, sued the defendant, Hubbard, who was a constable, for having negligently permitted the escape of one Kent, whom the defendant had arrested under a bastardy warrant, issued upon the complaint of the plaintiff. The defendant demurred to the declaration. The court sustained the demurrer, and upon that decision the cáse is brought before us. The single question for determination is, whether an officer, under such circumstances, is liable for the escape, to the mother of the illegitimate child.
It was decided at the Ottawa term, 1864, in the case of Mann v. The People,…
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