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· 11/1/1897

City of Chicago v. Adcock

Citations

  • 168 Ill. 221
  • 48 N.E. 155

How courts have described this case

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  • a private citizen may not seize, bind, and forcibly confine a person she discovers committing a misdemeanor, if the person at once discontinues the misdemeanor and attempts flight
  • mental suffering is element of damages in assault and false imprisonment action

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Judges: Craig

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