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MOBLEY v. BROOME

No. 163.

102 S.E.2d 407 (1958)

248 N.C. 54

J. C. MOBLEY v. Jess BROOME and A. R. Edison.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 19, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest R. Warren and Hugh W. Johnston, Gastonia, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mullen, Holland & Cooke, Gastonia, for defendants-appellees.

JOHNSON, Justice.

"False imprisonment is the illegal restraint of one's person against his will. It generally includes an assault and battery, and always, at least, a technical assault." Hoffman v. Clinic Hospital, 213 N.C. 669, 670, 197 S.E. 161, 162. "A false arrest is one means of committing a false imprisonment, * * *" 35 C.J.S. False Imprisonment § 2, p. 502.

"The right of action for false imprisonment accrues at the beginning of the imprisonment...

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