Underhill v. Hernandez
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This was an action by George F. Underhill against Jose Manuel Hernandez for false imprisonment and assault and battery. The jury in the circuit court returned a verdict for the defendant, by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error by the plaintiff in the court below to review a judgment for the defendant; entered upon the verdict of a jury pursuant to the direction of the ■trial judge. The suit was for false imprisonment and assault and battery of the plaintiff, committed by the defendant at the city of Bolivar, Venezuela. The acts complained of consisted in the detention of the plaintiff at his own residence, in the city of Bolivar, under a guard of soldiers stationed near the house, from August 13 to October 18,1892, by the authority of the defendant, during which time…
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