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38 S.D. 569

Dunn v. Griffin

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1917

South Dakota Supreme Court · decided 1917-04-17

Hon. Robert B. Tripp, Judge. Action for damages for false imprisonment, 'by J. H. Dunn, against Frank Griffin. From a judgment for defendant, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. Appellant cited: Moline Plow Co. v. Gilbert, 3 Dak. 239; Forzen v. Hurd, 20 N. D. 42, 126 N. W. 224; Barton v. Gray, 57 Mich. 622, 24 N. W. 638; Sec. 141, Code Crim. Proc.; Elliott on Evidence, Vol. 3, Sec. .2116. Respondent cited: Secs. 120. 126. Crim. Proc.; Sec. 187, Pen.

Affirmed · Decided 1917-04-17

GATES, P. J.

¶1Action for false imprisonment. The defense was that plaintiff interfered with defendant while defendant was attempting to .arrest another for a misdemeanor committed in the daytime in defendant’s presence, and that plaintiff was therefore arrested and lodged in jail. The evidence was sufficient to justify the verdict. There was no error in the instructions. Whether defendant was or was not the duly appointed city marshal was immaterial. If he was only a private citizen, his course of action, which the jury found was not malicious, was justified if his ver-, sion of the facts was true.

¶2The judgment and order appealed from are affirmed.

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