Heard v. Harris
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry. Tried before the Hon. Geoiige H. Craig-. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry. Tried before the Hon. Geoiige H. Craig-. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. A justice of the peace is not liable to a civil action for errors of judgment on the trial of a cause within his jurisdiction, nor is he liable for irregularities in process issued by him as such justice. — Irvin v. Lewis, 56 Ala. 190: Hamilton v. Williams, 26 Ala. 527; Busteed v. Parsons, 54 Ala. 393 ; 2 Sanders PI. & Ev. 613 ; Weaver v. Devendorf, 3 Denio, 117 ; Floyd v. Barker, 12 Eep. 23; Binning v. Bentham, 2 Bay, 1 ; Yates v. Lansing, 9 Johns,…
1Opinion of the Court
BB1CKELL, C. J.
This was an action for false imprisonment, in which the appellee was plaintiff, and the appellant was defendant. The special pleas, to which demurrers were sustained, justify the acts complained of, upon the ground that they were judicial, done by the defendant, while in the exercise of„his jurisdiction as a justice of the peace. The material facts, as shown by the pleadings and evidence, are, that on the 14th November, 1878, one Zebadee Harris, on oath complained to the appellant as a justice of the peace, that the appellee had threatened and laid hands of violence on him, and…
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