Dehm v. Hinman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for trespass to the person; brought, by appeal from a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, and tried to the court before Oalhoun, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The defendant was assisting the selectmen of the town of Burlington in surveying a public highway in that town, when he was assaulted by the plaintiff and her mother and sister, to compel them to desist from the work. A constable of the town was present, having a warrant for the arrest of the mother, directed to him as constable of the town, and also as an indifferent person. The constable proceeded to make the arrest, when he was violently resisted by the three parties who had assaulted the (defendant, and being unable to resist their combined attack, he called upon the defendant for…
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