Mailey v. Estate of DePasquale

This is an action of trespass for false imprisonment brought against the estate of a deceased justice of the district court of this state. The action, commenced after the disallowance of a claim by the plaintiff against the defendant estate, was tried to a jury in the superior court and resulted in the direction of a verdict for the defendant. The case is in this court on the plaintiff’s exception to the action of the trial justice in granting the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

It appears from the record that plaintiff was charged by the police with the operation of a motor vehicle…