Continental Casualty Co. v. Miller

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit was brought by Stephen Miller, a minor fourteen years of age, by his father as next friend, against George Reader, a constable of San Patricio county, and Continental Casualty Company, the surety on said constable’s official bond, for damages for the alleged unlawful arrest' and imprisonment of the plaintiff. A trial before a jury resulted in judgment for the plaintiff against both defendants for the sum of $100. The Surety Company alone appealed.

On the occasion in question the constable went to the boy’s house, and, without a warrant, arrested the boy for…