Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Carroll
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 15, 1901No. 12,757PublishedCited by 16 opinions
APPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. — 1 Ellis, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
Plaintiff sued Daniel S. Carroll, Richard H. Kerwiu and Ferdinand DeRance for damages caused by his illegal arrest and imprisonment on a charge of larceny.
The thing alleged to have been stolen was a diamond stud-taken from the shirt front of Carroll while drinking with several persons in a saloon.
The loss was reported to the police, who obtained the names of five or six persons with whom Carroll had kept company the night the diamond stud was stolen, among them- that of plaintiff, though* it developed the latter was not’ with him at the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Womack v. FudikarSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Lyons v. CarrollSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
3Cited by16 opinions
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- Tillman v. Holsum Bakeries, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- O'Malley v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Burton v. McNeillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
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