Arneson v. Thorstad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mitchell Circuit Court. AotioN to recover for false imprison tnent, and for oppressive conduct towards the plaintiff bj the defendant as constable. There was a trial to a jury, and verdict'and judgment were rendered for tbe defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
The defendant, linder a warrant issued to him by a justice of the peace, arrested the plaintiff, and confined him for a short time, previous to bringing him before the justice, in a railroad box car. The plaintiff claims that the defendant was guilty of a wrong in not bringing him before the justice at once, in order that he might be afforded a speedy trial, and still further in confining him in such a place, to-wit, in a box car which was unventilated and dirty, and in which there was nothing to sit on or lie on. but the floor. The evidence is not set out, and we have no means…
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