Sparrow v. Bromage
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for false imprisonment, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Burpee, J.; the jury returned a verdict for $800 against both defendants, which the trial court set aside as to the defendant Moore but allowed to stand as against Bromage, from the judgment on which he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff in his complaint charges the two defendants, of whom Bromage was the chief of police of the town of Enfield, and Moore a patrolman under him, with having unlawfully imprisoned him, and seeks damages from them therefor. A verdict of $800 was returned against both defendants. They thereupon filed a motion for a new trial, upon the grounds that the verdict was excessive and against the evidence. The motion was granted as to Moore, and the verdict against him set aside. It was denied as to Bromage, and judgment entered against him for the amount of the verdict. Bromage appeals,…
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