Davis v. Wilson

This was an action of trespass m et armis, and for false imprisonment, brought by appellee, in the Woodford circuit court, against appellants.

The defendants pleaded the general issue, and several special pleas justifying the acts complained of as trespass.

The second plea, or first special plea, avers that defendants, Davis, Kirkbride and Piper, were judges of an election then being held under legal authority in the town of Olio, and as such were required by law to preserve order and prevent disturbances at the election; that plaintiff, at such election, conducted himself in a disorderly and…