Pratt v. Hill
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered against them at a special term, upon the verdict of a jury. The complaint alleged that on the 24th day of February, 1849, the defendants assaulted and unlawfully arrested the plaintiff and carried him to jail without right or authority, and kept him there from Saturday night till Monday.
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This was an appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered against them at a special term, upon the verdict of a jury. The complaint alleged that on the 24th day of February, 1849, the defendants assaulted and unlawfully arrested the plaintiff and carried him to jail without right or authority, and kept him there from Saturday night till Monday. That the defendant Meeker was a justice of the peace of Saratoga county; that Jones made oath and complaint before him that the plaintiff and two others had committed a riot in said county; that Meeker issued a warrant against plaintiff and ,the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Hand, P. J.
There is some confusion in the pleadings in this case; but the plaintiff sets out the indorsement on the back of the warrant, and the defendants, Hill and Jones, admit it, and, as I understand their answers., they also admit that the plaintiff was taken to jail by authority thereof. The defendant Meeker put in the answers for the other two defendants, as their attorney, but that is no admission of the truth thereof on his part; and his answer may be considered a general denial of this part of the complaint. As to Hill and Jones, perhaps they were not entitled to the…
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