Palmer v. Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
E RROR to the Supremo Court of Errors of the state of Connecticut, in any action of assault and battery and false imprisonment, brought by Alien against Palmer, who was a deputy marshal of thq United States for the district of Connecticut and had served a process of attachment upon Allen,. and committed him to prison want of bail, without such a mittimus as is usual upon commitment on like process issuing from the state Courts.
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E RROR to the Supremo Court of Errors of the state of Connecticut, in any action of assault and battery and false imprisonment, brought by Alien against Palmer, who was a deputy marshal of thq United States for the district of Connecticut and had served a process of attachment upon Allen,. and committed him to prison want of bail, without such a mittimus as is usual upon commitment on like process issuing from the state Courts. Palmer pleaded a special justification under the Vvrit of attachment issued out of the district Court of the United States for the district of Connecticut. His plea…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
delivered the opinion oí" this Court, as follows.:
This suit comes up from the state Court of Connecticut, to reverse a judgment of that Court. The Defendant here brought an action below, against Palmer, and recovered damages for a supposed assault and false imprisonment. The facts of the case were these: Palmer is .a deputy marshal, and in that capacity, arrested the body of Allen, on a writ sued out by the United States, to recover a penalty which Allen was charged with ha-, ying- incurred by a violation of a law of the United States. In this suit hail was demanded, and upon Allen’s failing…
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- Palmer v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1813