Norton v. Mathers

Plaintiff, appellant herein, filed suit in the district court of Washington County, Iowa, against Daryl C. Mathers as sheriff of said county, for false arrest and false imprisonment in the county jail at Washington, Iowa, from the 12th of September, 1934, to the 15th of said month, stating that he had suffered and sustained damages to his reputation, shame and mental suffering, loss of time, and expenses, in the total sum of $5,000, no part of which had been paid. He alleged his arrest was without any warrant, and without just cause, and that he had committed no offense in the presence of the…