Yoder v. Yoder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 219, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Fourth T., 1909, No. 756, on verdict for defendant in case of William B. Yoder v. Lorenzo T. Yoder. Trespass for false arrest.
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Appeal, No. 219, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Fourth T., 1909, No. 756, on verdict for defendant in case of William B. Yoder v. Lorenzo T. Yoder. Trespass for false arrest. Before Cohen, J. At the trial it appeared that on September 23, 1909, Lorenzo T. Yoder was the proprietor of the Hotel Yoder in the City of Pittsburgh, and that William B. Yoder, his nephew, was manager of the hotel under a written contract by which his services were to be paid for out of a portion of the profits of the business. On September 23,1909, a dispute arose between the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
Under the charge of the court in this case, the verdict of the jury must be accepted as establishing the fact that the defendant did not direct the arrest of the plaintiff, but merely directed the officers to remove him from the hotel owned by the defendant, and in and about which the plaintiff had been engaged as an employee of the defendant. The record shows testimony clearly sufficient to sustain a finding by the jury that, after defendant had repeatedly demanded of plaintiff that he should obey his orders, and had received no satisfactory reply, he ordered…
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- Coates v. Allegheny Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Sloan v. Schomaker, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1890
- Allen v. Colliery Engineers' Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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- Commonwealth v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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