Stensrud v. Delamater

Plaintiff sued defendants for false imprisonment in arresting and causing him to be imprisoned without authority of law, and averred the various kinds of damage which arise to person, feelings and repute in such cases. Defendants at first did not put in any plea but the general issue. On the trial they were allowed to amend and justify under proceedings by virtue of the Fraudulent Debtor Act. The form of the plea is not set out in the printed record. The case was tried on the merits, and it was held by the court that no legal arrest was made out. The jury found a verdict for $1000.

The court…