Beckett v. Lawrence
New York Supreme Court
. Appeal from an order. This action was brought by Emma J. Beckett against Edward S. Lawrence and George W. Gibbons. . The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. A part of the answer having been struck out on motion, at special- term, as being irrelevant and redundant, the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.*—Miller, J.
The complaint in ■ this action is in the ordinary form of a complaint for false imprisonment, and charges the defendants, substantially, with unlawfully arresting the plaintiff, and causing her to be taken into custody by an officer, and taken through the public streets of the'city of Albany, to one of the police station-houses therein, and of being *404there confined and imprisoned upon a false charge, without reasonable or probable cause.
The answer sets up in substance that the defendants were vestrymen of a church in Albany, and, as such, bound to preserve good order…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McKyring v. . BullNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Travis v. BargerNew York Supreme Court · 1857
- Saltus v. KipThe Superior Court of New York City · 1856
- Wall v. . LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Foland v. JohnsonNew York Supreme Court · 1862
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