Zygmuntowicz v. American Steel & Wire Co. of New Jersey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, with, a declaration in three counts, described in the opinion. Writ dated January 15, 1919. In the Superior Court, the action was tried before Aiken, C. J. Material evidence and exceptions saved by the defendant are described in the opinion. The jury found for the plaintiff on the first count in the sum of $250, on the second count in the sum of $150 and on the third count in the sum of $250; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtDeCourcy, J.
The jury found for the plaintiff on each count in the amended declaration; the first being for assault and battery, the second for false arrest and imprisonment, and the third for malicious prosecution. On the evidence most favorable to him the following facts could be found. Zygmuntowicz had been in the employ of the defendant for some years as a stationary engineer. Late in the afternoon of Saturday, June 23, 1918, his superintendent, Edward J. Gilbert, discharged him and told him to take his clothes and go home. The plaintiff protested against his discharge, but took his clothes and walked…
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