Davis v. Weil Clothing Company

JACK P. PRITCHARD, Special Judge.

Defendants appeal from an adverse judgment upon verdict in this case of false arrest and imprisonment in the amount of $2,000 actual damages and $5,000 punitive damages, a total of $7,000. Defendants’ after-trial motions for judgment in accordance with motions for directed verdict or for new trial were overruled.

The incident of the arrest and imprisonment here complained of by plaintiff arose initially out of a bogus “no account” check (plaintiff’s Exhibit A) received by defendant, Weil Clothing Company, in its store on July 2, 1960, in the amount of $49.67,…