Hirsch v. Rand

This is an action brought to recover damages for false imprisonment. When the case was called for trial, the plaintiff made a statement of the facts upon which he relied to recover; the substance of which, so far as it affects the question involved upon this appeal, is as follows: The

defendant was United States Marshal of the District at the time of the alleged trespass. That the plaintiff was arrested by the defendant’s deputy, as a deserter from the army of the United States. That the plaintiff immediately informed the deputy who arrested him, ■ that he was a stranger in the country, and…