McMahan v. Green
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for assault and battery and false imprisonment. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The court at the January Term, 1861, Pierpoint, J., presiding, directed a verdict for the defendant, to which the plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Aldis, J,
^The plaintiff was arrested by William Edgerton, a deputy sheriff, upon a warrant issued against John McManus for an assault with intent to commit rape. The defendant was required by the officer to assist him in making the arrest, and in obedience to such command heaccompani¿dthe officer in making the arrest and in committing the plaintiff to prison. The plaintiff’s name is John McMahon instead of John McManus, and upon this ground he claims that the warrant was void against him, and that the defendant is liable to an action of trespass and false imprisonment in thus assisting the…
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