Gaines v. Newbrough

TARLTON, Chief Justice.

Suit by the appellant against the appellees, W. E. Newbrough, J. K. Stubbs, J. W. Jones, J. E. Hutchins, J. W. Tipps, and B. M. Maddox, to recover $5000 as damages for alleged false imprisonment. Verdict and judgment for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.

We find the following conclusions of fact, resting upon uncontroverted evidence:

The plaintiff was the duly appointed road overseer for commissioner’s precinct one, in Palo Pinto County. Of the defendants the five first named were the members of the Commissioners Court, Newbrough being the County Judge. The…