Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. 0. Lane. Action by Charlie Smith against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, for damages for false imprisonment. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. 0. Lane. Action by Charlie Smith against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, for damages for false imprisonment. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The main question in this case is whether the hirer of convicts, whose duty it is to receive the convicts, is liable for false imprisonment when he receives such convicts from a court of competent jurisdiction who regularly tries and regularly sentences them under an ordinance which was at the time treated as valid, but which was subsequently held to be invalid. We believe…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Action for damages for false imprisonment.
The bill of exceptions recites that the following ordinance of the city of Birmingham, under which the plaintiff was tried and convicted, “was regularly adopted and promulgated and in force and effect at and before the time of plaintiff’s arrest and conviction”: “Ordinance 181. — Be it ordained by the city council of Birmingham, that section 805 of the City Code of Birming*263ham be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 805 : Violation of State Laws an Offense. Any person or persons committing an offense in the city of…
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