Legal Opinion

Feld v. Loftis

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1909PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the Appellate Court reversing a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county for $1500, recovered by the plaintiff in error against defendants in error for false imprisonment.

The declaration consisted of three counts, each alleging that the defendants caused the plaintiff to be seized and imprisoned for twenty-four hours against -her will and contrary to law. The last two counts averred the imprisonment to have been in the county jail of Cook county and alleged special grounds of damage. Besides the general issue the defendants filed…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Langford v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  2. Pond v. EnnisIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Rush v. BuckleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1905
  4. Murphy v. WaltersMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
  5. Gifford v. WigginsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Pease v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150Appellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  2. Berry v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  3. Dardano v. First National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
  4. People v. LevitonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1945
  5. Sherrod v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1978

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