Berry v. Smith

This is an action for “false imprisonment” instituted in the Circuit Court of Bedford county by Silas Smith against T. D. Berry, G. B. Spradlin and R. W. Updike, in which the jury found a verdict of $857.29 against Berry, and found for Spradlin and Updike. Upon this verdict the trial court entered judgment. This judgment is before us for review upon- a writ of error duly granted the defendant, Berry.

The facts out of which the action arose, as far as it is necessary to state them here, are that T. D. Berry, who was a justice of the peace of Bedford county, issued a criminal warrant against…