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COMSTOCK v. EAGLETON

No. 105.

196 U.S. 99 (1905)

25 S.Ct. 210

49 L.Ed. 402

COMSTOCK v. EAGLETON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.J. Wrightsman, Mr. E.L. Fulton, Mr. Andrew Wilson and Mr. Noel W. Barksdale for plaintiff in error.

There was no appearance or brief for defendant in error.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE: This was an action brought by Comstock against Eagleton in the District Court of Pawnee County, Oklahoma, to recover damages for false imprisonment in the sum of $5,317.50.

The petition was demurred to on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, the demurrer was sustained, and the petition dismissed with costs. The case was then carried to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma on error, and the judgment affirmed...

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