Londegan v. Hammer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from General Term, Ninth District (Grundy County). Action by plaintiff against defendant, a justice of the peace, for false imprisonment. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. The further facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller J.
i. judicial Smty for/udieiai acts. The defendant was a justice of the peace of Grundy county; as such he issued a warrant, based upon an information, for the arrest of the plaintiff for the offense of willful trespass. This warraiLt was ¿irecte¿ to and placed in the hands of the sheriff of Grundy county, who caused it to be placed in the hands of the deputy sheriff of Black Hawk county, who, without the certificate of the clerk of Grundy county indorsed thereon, as prescribed in section 4538 of .the Revision, arrested the plaintiff in Black Hawk county and took him before the…
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