Turner v. Holtzman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Too case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—At the trial the plaintiff asked the following instructions: 1. That there is no evidence in the case that the defendants were deputy sheriffs, or held any official position whereby they had authority or right to make arrests, or do any act which any private citizen might not lawfully do. 2. That there is no evidence in the case that the plaintiff was guilty of…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Too case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.—At the trial the plaintiff asked the following instructions: 1. That there is no evidence in the case that the defendants were deputy sheriffs, or held any official position whereby they had authority or right to make arrests, or do any act which any private citizen might not lawfully do. 2. That there is no evidence in the case that the plaintiff was guilty of felony, or any unlawful act which could justify the defendants in arresting him, taking him into custody, or by force or…
1Opinion of the CourtGrason, J.
The declaration in this case contains three counts,'the first of which alleges that the appellants assaulted and beat the appellee and took him into custody, and held him under duress and gave him into the custody of an officer of the law, or one unlawfully and improperly claiming to be an officer of the law, and unjustly and maliciously obstructed him in the prosecution of his lawful business, and prevented him from pursuing the same to his great loss. .
The second count' charges that the appellants maliciously and falsely assumed to be deputy sheriffs, or officers of the law, and by virtue…
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