Daniel v. Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by S. M. Daniel against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, heard by Judge M. Ií. Justice, at March Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Pitt County. This is an action for malicious prosecution and false arrest and imprisonment. The plaintiff was accused and prosecuted by the agent of the defendant at Greenville of stealing money from its office at that place of which the agent had charge.
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ActioN by S. M. Daniel against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, heard by Judge M. Ií. Justice, at March Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Pitt County. This is an action for malicious prosecution and false arrest and imprisonment. The plaintiff was accused and prosecuted by the agent of the defendant at Greenville of stealing money from its office at that place of which the agent had charge. The testimony necessary to be stated was in substance as follows: The plaintiff is a young man thirty years of age, a native of Pitt County and now a resident of Golds-boro. On the day of his…
1Opinion of the Court
Walkkr, J\,
after stating the facts. The foregoing statement of the testimony is sufficient to present the point upon which the case turns, namely, the authority of the agent of the defendant to cause the arrest to be made. We are not concerned so much with the manner in which the arrest of the plaintiff was made as we arc with the question whether the defendant, who was the principal of Atkinson and Meacham, is to be charged with liability for their tortious acts. That their conduct towards the plaintiff was inexcusable, if not criminal, and justly provokes the resentment of every good and…
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