Jones v. Seward
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The plaintiff, an ex-United States Minister to Bogota, on coming to New York from Washington, where he had been to submit his accounts, was arrested by order of the defendant, who was Secretary of State for the United States, and incarcerated in Port Lafayette.
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The plaintiff, an ex-United States Minister to Bogota, on coming to New York from Washington, where he had been to submit his accounts, was arrested by order of the defendant, who was Secretary of State for the United States, and incarcerated in Port Lafayette. To recover damages for this arrest and imprisonment this action is brought, and defendant, under the provisions of the act of Congress of March 3,1863, moves to transfer the action to the United States Circuit Court for trial.
1Opinion of the Court
The court made the following decision,
Clebke, J.
This is an action in which the plaintiff claims damages for an alleged false imprisonment. The defendant asks for an order of this court to remove the action and all the proceedings therein, to the next Circuit Court of the United States, to be held in and for the Southern District of the State of New York. The defendant states in his petition for this order that the action is brought for acts alleged to have been done by him as Secretary of State for the United States of America, under authority derived by him from the President of said United…
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