Faloon v. O'Connell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Two actions against the defendant, as Sheriff of Penobscot County, for alleged false imprisonment of the plaintiffs, by his deputies upon a search and seizure process, issued from the Bangor Municipal Court under the statute prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors. In each case, a verdict was directed for the plaintiff, and the defendant excepted. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
The plaintiffs in these two actions are husband and wife. They have brought their actions respectively against the defendant, as sheriff of Penobscot County, for alleged false imprisonment by his deputies, in the execution of a search and seizure process under the statute prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors. The defendant sought to justify under a warrant for search and seizure of intoxicating liquors issued from the Bangor Municipal Court. In each case, a verdict was directed for the plaintiff, and the defendant excepted.
The cases can be considered together. In the end both depend…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tellefsen v. FeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
3Cited by8 opinions
- Sparks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
- Nadeau v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Wade v. Warden of State PrisonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1950
- Schildhaus v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1957
- Brooks v. CliffordSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.