Feliciano v. Kreiger

False imprisonment has been succinctly defined in the following manner: “ # * * to confine one intentionally without lawful privilege and against his consent within a limited area for any appreciable time, however short.” 1 Harper and James, The Law of Torts, 226, Section 3.7 (1956).

At the time of the arrest in the instant cause, R. C. 2935.03 provided, in pertinent part, that “[a] sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshall, deputy marshall, or police officer shall arrest and detain a person found violating a law of this state, or an ordinance of a municipal corporation, until a warrant can be…