McVeigh v. Ripley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for false imprisonment, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Case, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $75, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for false imprisonment, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Case, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $75, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiff was brought before the defendant, a justice of the peace for Tolland county, residing in Coventry, on a grand juror’s complaint charging “ That at said town of Coventry, on or about the tenth day of October, Harriet McVeigh of the town of Glastonbury, with force and arms in and upon Theodore W. Hall of Coventry, in the peace then and there being, did make an assault…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
A justice of the peace, in disposing of any cause, civil or criminal, which has been properly brought before him, holds a court of record and acts as a judicial officer. Fox v. Hoyt, 12 Conn. 491, 497. As such he is entitled to the same immunities from civil liability for his judgments which belong to judges of any higher court. Pratt v. Gardner, 2 Cush. 63, 69. Like them, he is protected from an action for false imprisonment, when the imprisonment was ordered (however erroneously) by a judgment in a proceeding in which he had jurisdiction over the person, the process and the subject-matter.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Lange v. . BenedictNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Davidson v. MurphySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1839
- Tracy v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1821
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Allen v. RulandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Bradbury v. City of South NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Case v. BushSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
- McCarthy v. ClancySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
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