FELICIANO v. KREIGER

No. 76-798.

50 Ohio St. 2d 69 (1977)

FELICIANO ET AL., APPELLEES, v. KREIGER, SHERIFF, ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Disbro & Ellerin Co., L. P. A., and Mr. Raymond P. Macoska, for appellees.

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Richard A. Hoenigman, for appellants.


Per Curiam.

False imprisonment has been succinctly defined in the following manner: " * * * to confine one intentionally without lawful privilege and against his consent within a limited area for any appreciable time, however short." 1 Harper and James, The Law of Torts, 226, Section 3.7 (1956).

At the time of the arrest in the instant cause, R. C. 2935.03 provided, in pertinent part, that "[a] sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshall, deputy marshall, or...

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