Johnson v. Jones
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Benjamin B. Sheldon, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action of trespass brought by Madison Y. Johnson against J. Bussell Jones, Elihu B. Washburne, John C. Hopkins, Oliver P. Hopkins and Bradner Smith. The declaration alleges that on the 28th day of August, 1862, in the county of Jo Daviess, and State of Illinois, the defendants with force and violence assaulted and arrested the plaintiff, and conveyed him on board the railway cars; that they transported him by the cars to Chicago, where they restrained him of his liberty for the space of two days; that they then conveyed him by force to the city of Hew York; that he was there…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Brig Amy WarwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
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- Lamont v. HaigDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1982
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