Kelley v. Cook
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
• Trespass on the Case against a city, alleging that one of its police officers wrongfully arrested the plaintiff’s intestate, and so neglected to care 'for him while ill in its police station that he died because of such neglect. Heard on demurrer to the declaration.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
The declaration alleges, in substance, that on the 17th day of February, 1897, the city of Woonsocket, by Charles A. Hoar, a police officer and servant of said city, without authority of law, did arrest John H. Kelly (the plaintiff’s intestate) and by its police officers, being servants of said city, did, without authority of law, confine said Kelly and deprive him of his liberty for fifteen hours, in the police station in said city, said station being then and there under the control of the city. And thereupon, upon the unlawful arrest and confinement of said Kelly, it became the duty of…
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