Byrne v. Riddell

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Seidell, J.

The plaintiff alleges that Riddell, aided and abetted by Banks and Dunn, forcibly ejected her from the premises she had leased from Riddell, and that Banks and Dunn, under the direction and with the immediate participation of Riddell, struck her and her child, detained her clothing, and committed sundry acts of violence upon her person and property.

A judgment by default was taken against Banks, aud, upon submission of the case, as to him, to a jury, they gave a verdict against him for $362 50.

Riddell first pleaded an exception that, he was…