Oxford v. Berry
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Collingwood, J., presiding. Case by Richard E. Oxford against Charles A. Berry and others for false imprisonment. Judgment for defendants on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is an action on the case for damages for false imprisonment of plaintiff against the defendant Berry, sheriff of Kent county, defendant Griswold, deputy sheriff, and defendant Hyde, probation officer of said county. The following are some of the salient features of the case:
The wife of the plaintiff had filed a bill against him for divorce in the circuit court for the county of Kent, in chancery, on June 17, 1914. On July 1, 1914, upon the petition of the wife, the court upon due hearing ordered the defendant therein (plaintiff here) to pay to the register of the court the sum of $15 per…
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