Dixon v. New England Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for an alleged assault upon and unlawful arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff on July 28, 1896, at'Waterbury, in the State of Connecticut. Writ dated September 14, 1896. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff alleged exceptions, which are described in the opinion of the court as also are the evidence and rulings to which they relate.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The plaintiff after having ridden upon one of the defendant’s passenger trains from Bristol, Connecticut, to Waterbury was there arrested for fraudulent evasion of fare, *244and brought this action. The declaration alleges that the defendant by its agents, officers and servants assaulted the plaintiff, caused him to be arrested and imprisoned wrongfully and unlawfully and kept him so imprisoned and deprived of his liberty for the period of twenty-four hours. The answer denies each and every allegation of the declaration.
The defendant was operating a line from Boston to the State of New York…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Brooks v. HoldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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