Turgeon v. Bean
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action on the case ¡to recover damages for an alleged false imprisonment of the plaintiff in the common jail at Alfred in the County of York. Plea, the general issue with a brief statement alleging in substance that the plaintiff was arrested and committed to jail on a process issued by a disclosure commissioner upon an execution in favor of the defendant.
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On report. Action on the case ¡to recover damages for an alleged false imprisonment of the plaintiff in the common jail at Alfred in the County of York. Plea, the general issue with a brief statement alleging in substance that the plaintiff was arrested and committed to jail on a process issued by a disclosure commissioner upon an execution in favor of the defendant. At the conclusion of the evidence, it was agreed that the question of liability should be determined by the Eaw Court on report of the evidence, and that a special finding as to damages in case of liability be submitted to the…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This is an action on the case for false imprisonment. The plaintiff was arrested on July 16, 1910, on a process issued by a disclosure commissioner upon an execution in favor of the defendant on a debt provable and dischargable in bankruptcy, and was committed to jail. On July 18, 1910, upon his own petition, he was duly adjudicated a bankrupt, but the record does not show that he has ever obtained his discharge. He was held in jail, the defendant paying the necessary charges therefor, until November 24, 1910, when he was released by the United States District Court upon habeas corpus…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McConologue's caseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Stockwell v. SillowayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- People ex rel. Taranto v. ErlangerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1904
- Bradley v. BeetleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Palmer v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Dwyer v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1956
- Mottram v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
- Post v. LyfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Johnson v. LindseySupreme Court of Florida · 1925
- Nastasi v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1949