Baker v. Barton

This action was commenced by plaintiff in error, Alvah L. Bakei1, against Elias R. Barton and others, to recover damages for an alleged illegal arrest and false imprisonment. The trial in the district court resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendants*. To this judgment a writ of error was sued out from this court before the passage of the act creating the court of appeals, but after the taking effect of that act the case was taken to the court of appeals by stipulation of the parties. When the case came on for hearing in the court of appeals, the judgment of the district court was…