Legal Opinion
Comstock v. Eagleton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 3, 1905No. 105PublishedCited by 5 opinions
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice:
This was an action brought by Com-stock against Eagleton in the District Court of Pawnee County, Oklahoma, to recover damages .for false imprisonment in the sum of $5,317.50.
The petition was demurred to on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, the demurrer was sustained, and the petition dismissed with costs. The case tvas then carried to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma on-error, and the judgment affirmed. 11 Oklahoma, 487.
From the judgment of affirmance this appeal was allowed and prosecuted to this court.
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