McIntosh v. Bullard, Earnheart & Magness
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; Charles Coffin, Judge; The offense being against the United States, no State officer had jurisdiction; and one undertaking such jurisdiction is liable for his acts. 32 Ark. 117; 34 Ark. 174; Cooley on Torts, vol. 2, p. 805; 134 U. S. 372. The corporation is liable for the acts of its president. 75 Ark. 579. The acts of appellees were purely judicial. 34 Ark. 105; 14 E. R. A. 1.38; 73 N. Y. 27. Judicial officers are not held liable…
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Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; Charles Coffin, Judge; The offense being against the United States, no State officer had jurisdiction; and one undertaking such jurisdiction is liable for his acts. 32 Ark. 117; 34 Ark. 174; Cooley on Torts, vol. 2, p. 805; 134 U. S. 372. The corporation is liable for the acts of its president. 75 Ark. 579. The acts of appellees were purely judicial. 34 Ark. 105; 14 E. R. A. 1.38; 73 N. Y. 27. Judicial officers are not held liable civilly for their judicial acts. 14 R. R. A. 145. The proceedings were in accordance with law. Compiled Stat, § 1014;…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
This was an action instituted to recover damages for an illegal arrest and false imprisonment. The defendants were Bullard, Eannheart & Magness, a domestic corporation, W. K. Rudd ell, a justice of the peace, and W. C. Meacharn, a constable of Ruddell Township, Independence County, Arkansas.
In his complaint the plaintiff, in substance, alleged that W. C. Bullard, the president of said corporation, acting for and on its behalf, filed an affidavit in the court of said justice of the peace charging that the plaintiff did “commit the crime of perjury by false swearing in a material matter of in…
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