Case Name: JEFFERS v. BROOKFIELD
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1790-09
Citations: 1 N.J.L. 44
Docket Number: 
Parties: JEFFERS v. BROOKFIELD.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 44–44

Head Matter:
JEFFERS v. BROOKFIELD.
An action for false imprisonment is not within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace.
Certiorari to Justice Little.
It appeared in this case that part of plaintiff’s demand below was founded on an allegation that Jeffers, the defendant, who was a constable, had arrested him on Sunday, on a warrant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Reverse the judgment. An action for false imprisonment is not cognizable before a justice,
Judgment reversed.
See All. Edit. Laws N. J., fol, 473, chap. 623, § 13.