City of Indianapolis v. Parker
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Marion Common Pleas. Suit by the appellee against the appellant. The complaint alleges, that the plaintiffj as the sheriff of Marion county, is the keeper of the prison of said county; that the defendant having no prison wherein to confine prisoners convicted and committed for violations of the ordinances of said city, before the judge thereof, such prisoners are committed to the custody of the plaintiff as keeper of the prison of the county; that the…
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APPEAL from the Marion Common Pleas. Suit by the appellee against the appellant. The complaint alleges, that the plaintiffj as the sheriff of Marion county, is the keeper of the prison of said county; that the defendant having no prison wherein to confine prisoners convicted and committed for violations of the ordinances of said city, before the judge thereof, such prisoners are committed to the custody of the plaintiff as keeper of the prison of the county; that the defendant is indebted to him for the custody, boarding, commitment, and discharge of such prisoners during the months of June…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, J.
The only ground upon which this case could be reversed, were it presented by the record, is, that the damages assessed by the court are excessive. There can be no question that some of the charges are legal and proper, and although there seem to us to be items included in the account which cannot find any justification in law, as the charge for two days boarding where the prisoner was placed in the custody of the sheriff" a short time before midnight and discharged therefrom a short time after that *233hour, still, as excessive damages were not assigned as a cause for a new trial, we cannot say…
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