Rosenberger v. Butz

Henninger, J.,

This action in trespass for false imprisonment arises out of an incident in which plaintiff avers that while he was removing his chickens from premises leased by him from defendant Seem to his own property, said Seem, with defendant Constable Butz, unlawfully placed him' under arrest and *407kept him under restraint for a period of about an hour until he secured money and paid it to Seem for rent due, causing damage to plaintiff through humiliation and through the death of chickens from exposure during the period of confinement.

Defendants denied the arrest, but claimed that in any…