Williams v. Brooks
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered March 9, 1916, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for false imprisonment.
1Opinion of the Court
Morris, J. —
Appeal from judgment of dismissal in an action for false imprisonment. The facts upon which the court below acted are these: Appellant was arrested by respondent and taken before a justice of the peace, where a complaint was sworn to charging appellant with a violation of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2825, making it a misdemeanor for one to hunt upon inclosed lands without consent of the owner when notices forbidding such act are posted upon the premises. Appellant pleaded guilty to the charge, was fined by the justice, and the fine paid. Subsequently this action was brought. Appellant,…
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