Pritchett v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court' of the United States for the District of Kansas. Action by Samuel Sullivan against E. J. Pritchett, H. W. Folck, Jr., and H. C. Church. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
Samuel Sullivan sued E. J. Pritchett H. W. Folck, Jr., and H. C. Church for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants prosecuted this writ of error.
The plaintiff averred in his petition that Pritchett, who was city marshal of Junction City, Kan., and Folck and Church, policemen, unlawfully arrested and confined him without a warrant or other legal process and without any complaint or affidavit having been filed in court or before a magistrate charging him with an offense against the laws of the…
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