Burton's Adm'r. v. Tunnell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[v]oid process will not constitute legal authority” upon which a lawful arrest can be based
• “If the imprisonment is under legal authority it may be malicious but it cannot be false. This is true where legal authority is shown by valid process, even if irregular or voidable.” (quoting S.H. Kress & Co. v. Powel, 180 So. 757, 762 (Fla. 1938))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).