Harness v. Steele
Indiana Supreme Court
From Howard Superior Court; Hiram Brownlee, Judge. Actiou by Arthur Steele against Lewis W. Harness and another for false imprisonment. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant Harness appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court, under §1337u Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.
— Appellee, a minor, by his next friend, sued appellant, the sheriff of Howard county, together with one Strubbs, to recover damages for false imprisonment. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict against appellant for $400, and a finding in favor of the defendant Strubbs. Over appellant’s motion for a new trial, wherein he assigns various reasons, the court rendered judgment on the verdict, from which appellant appealed to the Appellate Court.
The first1 error argued by counsel for appellant is the overruling of the demurrer 'to the first paragraph of the amended complaint. This complaint…
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