Legal Opinion
Wolf v. Perryman
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1891No. 6822PublishedCited by 54 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MARR, Judge, Section A.
This was an action brought by Robert Perryman, appellee, against John Wolf, sheriff of Burnet County, R. W. Choate, sheriff of Cass County, and H. J. Duncan, deputy sheriff of Cass County, appellants, for the recovery of $10,000 actual damages and $20,000 punitory damages for false imprisonment.
The petition in substance alleges that appellants arrested appellee in Burnet County, and imprisoned him in jail with thieves and murderers for three days; that as an excuse for so doing they charged him with being a murderer; and that on the 31st day of January, 1888, they took…
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