Pinkerton v. Martin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass, for an alleged malicious arrest and false imprisonment. Trial in the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the December term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crabtree
This was an action of trespass for an alleged malicious arrest and false imprisonment of appellee by appellant. The suit was originally brought against appellant, together with H. O. Devereaux and Charles Mitchell, of Chicago, also A. F. Beverly and Ole Oleson, of Kane county.
The amended declaration avers that the defendants on the 23d day of October, 1893, with force and arms, maliciously made an assault upon the plaintiff, and maliciously seized and laid hold of him, and maliciously imprisoned the plaintiff in the detective office of Matt W. Pinkerton, at Chicago, and maliciously ill…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. Von KettlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
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