Zimmerman v. Knox
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by F. P. Zimmerman against John D. Knox, to recover for an alleged false imprisonment.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by F. P. Zimmerman against John D. Knox, to recover for an alleged false imprisonment. In his petition the plaintiff states that on February 23, 1882, with his family, he started by rail from Topeka, Kansas, upon a journey to the state of California, and when he reached Garden City, in the western part of the state, he was arrested by an officer of Ford county, where he then was, and was compelled by force to leave the train, was taken into custody by said officer and retained under arrest for twenty-four hours, at the expiration of which…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
This was an action for false imprisonment, in which the plaintiff sued to recover, as compensatory and exemplary damages, the sum of $10,000, and in the trial below obtained a verdict and judgment for $15. It appears that on February 23, 1882, F. P. Zimmerman, who before that time had been a resident of Topeka, Kansas, converted his property into money, and started with his family on a journey *250over the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé railroad to the state of California. At the time he left Topeka, John D. Knox held an unsettled demand against…
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