Bowman v. Seaman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by the plaintiff, Charles E. Bowman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of March, 1912, upon the dismissal of the complaint at the opening by direction of the court upon, a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The plaintiff’s counsel conceded upon his opening that the action was to recover damages for false imprisonment. The allegations of the complaint are general and indefinite. It alleges in substance that the defendants Hoffman and Lind, “representing and pretending ” that Hoffman was vested with judicial authority, “did devise and concoct” a certain paper “purporting to be an order of the Municipal Court of the City of New York,” which paper was signed by Hoffman and “purported and pretended to require the plaintiff to appear at a designated place in the Borough of Manhattan and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Austin v. . VroomanNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Sweeney v. . O'DwyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Frees v. BlythAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Kraft v. de VerneuilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
3Cited by2 opinions
- People ex rel. NunnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Bowman v. SeamanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912