Mitchell v. Lemon

This was an action by the appellee, a licensed, nightman in the city of Baltimore, against the appellants, members of the police force in that city, of trespass and false imprisonment.

*179The appellee was arrested and confined in a station-house of the city, -without process, for the violation of certain health regulations in regard to the removal and deposit of nightsoil. The facts are uncontroverted, and from them it appears that the appellee was, at the time of the arrest, in the act of violating the ordinances of the city. The Board of Health, in pursuance of an ordinance upon the subject,…