Stephens v. Wilson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 5 — Action by W. R. Stephens against Charles Wilson and Others to Recover Damages fob False Imprisonment.— APPEAL FROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. Petition Dismissed and Plaintiff Appeals. This action was brought by W. R. Stephens against Wilson, Bascom and Atchison, for unlawfully and by force and against ■his will, arresting and imprisoning him and detaining him in custody for more than five hours.
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Case 5 — Action by W. R. Stephens against Charles Wilson and Others to Recover Damages fob False Imprisonment.— APPEAL FROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. Petition Dismissed and Plaintiff Appeals. This action was brought by W. R. Stephens against Wilson, Bascom and Atchison, for unlawfully and by force and against ■his will, arresting and imprisoning him and detaining him in custody for more than five hours. The facts alleged' are, that on November 26, 1901, Charles Wilson, Butler Toy and Thomas R. Hill, three of the five justices of the peace of Bath county, by an order entered on the order book of…
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Opinion or the court by
JUDGE BARKER
Reversing.;Tkis action was instituted in the Bath circuit court by the ■appellant, AY. R. Stephens, to recover damages of the appellees, Charles AVilson, J. M. Atchison, and S. C. Bascom, Jr., for false imprisonment. The petition states that: “On the áth day of December, 1901, the defendants Charles AVilson and J. M. Atchison, in Bath county, Kentucky, wrongfully, and without authority of law, and against his will and consent, advised, requested, and caused their codefendant, S. C. Bascom, Jr., to assault and forcibly arrest and take into custody and…
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