Jones v. Pickard

This action is for false imprisonment, the complaint alleging substantially that the defendant wantonly and recklessly caused an execution against the person of the plaintiff to be issued without lawful warrant or authority and in violation of the laws of the state of New York and of the United States and in violation of the rights and liberties of the plaintiff, by virtue of which the plaintiff suffered great indignities and was imprisoned in the Chautauqua county jail.

The partial defense to which plaintiff demurred is in the following language: “ For a further answer to said complaint and…