Ferguson v. Starkey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Action by Reuben L. Ferguson against Robert O. Starkey, sheriff, for damages for false imprisonment. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellant was arrested by appellee as sheriff on two warrants which clearly and without dispute, apart from the specific question to be decided, had been issued in due course of law. One of these warrants showed on its face, as the complaint alleged, that appellant had been charged with “violating the tick law quarantine,” the other that he had been charged with “violating the quarantine laws for live stock.” In the trial court a demurrer to appellant’s complaint for false imprisonment was sustained.
The error assigned and argued is that the complaint showed on its face that plaintiff had been…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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