Birmingham News Co. v. Browne

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

It seems well settled, in this and other states, that, when a false arrest and imprisonment is made by one who purports to be the agent of -another who did not take part in the arrest of the plaintiff, but who is alleged to have been the principal for whom the tort-feasor acted, the question of the liability of such an alleged principal is to be determined by (he rules relating to principal and agent rather than any peculiar to the law of false imprisonment. By such general rules of agency, a principal is answerable for the fraud, negligence, or other wrongful acts of…