Ayars v. Cox
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 1 — PETITION OEDINAEY CITED Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, p. 271; sec. 4, p. 347; sec. 23, p. 290. Myers’s Supplement, pages 415, 739. Criminal Code, sections 46, 60, 295, 298, 326. Cooley’s Constitutional Limitations, 300. Loughborough’s Digest, 131. Brown on Actions at Law, 191-200. Broom’s Legal Maxims, 40, 48. 2 Hilliard on Torts, section 2, page 184. 1 Mon. 10, Clay, &c. v. Caperton. 3 B. Mon. 80, Banta v. Reynolds. 8 B. Mon. 110, Arnold v. Commonwealth. 3 Met. 314,…
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Case 1 — PETITION OEDINAEY CITED Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, p. 271; sec. 4, p. 347; sec. 23, p. 290. Myers’s Supplement, pages 415, 739. Criminal Code, sections 46, 60, 295, 298, 326. Cooley’s Constitutional Limitations, 300. Loughborough’s Digest, 131. Brown on Actions at Law, 191-200. Broom’s Legal Maxims, 40, 48. 2 Hilliard on Torts, section 2, page 184. 1 Mon. 10, Clay, &c. v. Caperton. 3 B. Mon. 80, Banta v. Reynolds. 8 B. Mon. 110, Arnold v. Commonwealth. 3 Met. 314, Revill, &c. v. Pettit. 5 Wendell, 171. 10 Coke, 76. 2 N. R. 211, Arrowsmith v. Le Mesmir. 6 B. & O. 528, Berry v.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PETERS
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by appellee against appellants, and in his petition he alleges that in May, 1872, appellants unlawfully, wrongfully, and against his will imprisoned and confined him in the jail of the county of Jefferson and state of Kentucky for a long space of time — to wit, for -more than twenty-eight hours — to his damage $5,000, and prays judgment for that sum against them.
Appellant Ayars for his defense says that at the time of the transaction complained of he was a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Revill v. PettitCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1860
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