Lyons v. Carroll

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Plaintiff sues Carroll, Kerwin, and DeRance, the two latter police officers, in damages in the amount of $5040, for illegal and malicious arrest, imprisonment, and for slanderous - charges; he avers, the defendants brought against him.

He avers further that a diamond stud was stolen from one of the defendants, Daniel S. Carroll, at the “Little Diamond Saloon,’.’ .in New Orleans, between midnight and sunrise on July 9th, 1895.

He alleges that he was not present when the crime was committed; that Carroll was, at the time, with one Howard alias…