Ah Hing v. Ah On

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

FREAR, C.J.

This action for false imprisonment, in which judgment was. rendered for the plaintiff in the sum of $100, conies here on defendant’s exceptions, upon only two of the points raised by which he now relies.

1. That his motion to open the default was disallowed. Aside from the question whether the trial Judge rightly denied this motion on the ground that another Judge had previously denied it, there do not appear to have been any merits in the motion.

2. That, though in' default, he was entitled to a trial or-hearing before a jury on the assessment of damages.…