17-22-19 - Action for escape or rescue -- Defenses.
17-22-19. Action for escape or rescue -- Defenses.
An action cannot be maintained against the sheriff for a rescue or for an escape of aperson arrested upon an execution or commitment, if after his rescue or escape and before thecommencement of the action the prisoner returns to the jail or is retaken by the sheriff or by anyother person.
No Change Since 1953