Willson v. Manhattan Railway Co.
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term. Action by George W. Willson against the Manhattan Railway Company for false imprisonment. Judgment for plaintiff. From the judgment, and from an order denying a new trial, defendants appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtPryor, J.
Not often does a railroad company appear in court with a case of such moral merit as, in the present action, must be conceded to the defendant. It is sued for damages incurred, if at all, in attempting to protect its female passengers from indecent assaults; and surely it is entitled to every encouragement in so laudable an endeavor. Still, unless error be apparent in the record, we have no alternative but to affirm the judgment. It is admitted that the plaintiff was arrested; and hence the only issues before the jury were whether lie was arrested by the defendant, and whether his arrest was…
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