Walbridge v. Hall
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action of assault and battery and false imprisonment, wherein the plaintifl declared that the defendant, without any reasonable or probable cause, had made an assault on the plaintiff, and committed him to the common jail in Bennington, and there imprisoned him for the space of ten months and fifteen days. The defendant pleaded, 1st. the general issue ; 2d. accord and satisfaction; and 3d.
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Action of assault and battery and false imprisonment, wherein the plaintifl declared that the defendant, without any reasonable or probable cause, had made an assault on the plaintiff, and committed him to the common jail in Bennington, and there imprisoned him for the space of ten months and fifteen days. The defendant pleaded, 1st. the general issue ; 2d. accord and satisfaction; and 3d. That at the term of the Supreme Court holden at Manchester in the county of Bennington, in February, 1827, he the defendant recovered a judgemerit against said Wal-brfdge, in an action of trover, for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Williams, J.
In this case JWr. Hall, the defendant, who is sued by the plaintiff for an assault and battery and false imprisonment, justifies under an execution issued on a judgement of this Court at their February term, 1827. The plaintiff contends that the judgement and execution will not protect the defendant, inasmuch as the Court had no jurisdiction of the case. The judgement has not been vacated nor set aside; but it is contended that by the statute passed in 1824, the jurisdiction of the action, in which the judgement was rendered,was taken from…
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