Supreme Court of Missouri October 15, 1885 (Worley v. Inhabitants of Columbia)

Ray, J.

This is an action for damages occasioned by the arrest and false imprisonment of plaintiff, by the officers' of the town of Columbia, defendant. A demurrer to the petition, which was in two counts, was successfully interposed at the trial, upon the general grounds that the same fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and upon special grounds set forth in said