Mott v. . Union Bank of City of New York

This action was brought in the Superior Court of the city of New York, for an alleged false imprisonment of the Plaintiff. The Defendant justified under an order of arrest made on the 8th day of December, 1858, by a Justice of the Supreme Court, in an action commenced in that Court by this Defendant against this Plaintiff and Jacob IT. Mott, for fraud.

An order of arrest was obtained at the commencement of that action, under which Jacob H. Mott was arrested and held to bail, but this Plaintiff was not found. He subsequently appeared in the action by attorney, but put in no answer to the…