Keane v. Main
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for assaulting the plaintiff and forcibly taking from him his badge as a policeman, brought by removal from the City Court of New Haven to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the court, Simpson, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $60, and appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
This is an action to recover damages for an assault and battery, in which the defendants plead a general denial.
The plaintiff is a police officer in the city of New Haven. Main, one of the defendants, upon the day of the assault, was first selectman of the town of Orange. At this time French, the other defendant, was a special constable of Orange.
On October 31st, 1908, a game of football was to be played upon the Yale Field between a football team representing Yale University and another college team. Yale Field, which is located in the town of Orange, was under the management and control of…
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