Zinkhan v. District of Columbia ex rel. Langellotti
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by the District of Columbia, to the use of Frank Langellotti, and by Frank Langellotti in his own right, against Lous F. Zinkhan. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
STAFFORD, Acting Associate Justice.
Langellotti sued the defendant, Zinkhan, for unlawfully imprisoning him in the Washington Asylum and Jail, to his humiliation, vexation, and disgrace, as well as to his financial loss and damage. The defendant pleaded that in all he did he was acting as superintendent of said institution, pursuant to his legal duty, and in obedience to an order of commitment signed by a proper officer and regular on its face. The case was tried to a jury; a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, and judgment thereon rendered. The case is here for a review of the court’s…
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