Manning v. Mitchell

Jackson, Chief Justice.

This record shows that the plaintiff in error brought suit against four defendants, one the sheriff of Rockdale county, and the others policemen of Atlanta, for trespass upon his person in lodging him in the guard-house of the city oi Atlanta among felons and negroes, in a very loathsome and filthy place, without authority of law, or in other words for false imprisonment.

The presiding judge was of the opinion that no case was made out which entitled the plaintiff in error to recover, and after the evidence for both sides was before the jury, he directed a verdict for…