Stevens v. . O'Neill
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 26, 1900, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action is stated in the opinion.
1Per curiam
This is an action for false imprisonment, in • which the facts were few, simple and unchangeably settled by unanimous affirmance, yet the points presented by the learned counsel for the appellant cover one hundred and seventeen printed pages, of which more than two-thirds is devoted to quotations from the evidence and from adjudged cases. The entire law governing the subject of false imprisonment is so well settled that it could be written in fewer words than are devoted to that portion which the counsel deems applicable to this case.
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