Kossouf v. Knarr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 197, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Clearfield Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 366, on verdict for defendants in case of Joseph Kossouf v. ’Henry S. Knarr and George W. Hilliard. Trespass to recover damages for false imprisonment. Before Gordon, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the defendant Knarr, who was burgess of the borough of Du Bois, issued a warrant for the arrest of the plaintiff for erecting a building contrary to a borough ordinance.
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Appeal, No. 197, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Clearfield Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 366, on verdict for defendants in case of Joseph Kossouf v. ’Henry S. Knarr and George W. Hilliard. Trespass to recover damages for false imprisonment. Before Gordon, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the defendant Knarr, who was burgess of the borough of Du Bois, issued a warrant for the arrest of the plaintiff for erecting a building contrary to a borough ordinance. The warrant was issued without information, and not on view. The plaintiff was arrested and locked up over night on his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
There is but a single question in this case and that is whether *148the learned trial judge erred in directing a verdict in favor of the defendant, Knarr. It is conceded that the evidence established no liability against Hilliard, the other defendant, and that the court below was right in directing a verdict for him. In July, 1899, Knarr was the burgess, and Hilliard the chief of police, of the borough of Du Bois, in Clearfield county. Kossouf, the plaintiff, contrary to the provisions of an ordinance, began the erection of a cased brick building in the borough.…
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