Whitmire v. Publix Theatre Corporation

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Circuit Judge E. C. Dennis, Acting Associate Justice.

In this action, plaintiff sought to recover the sum of $3,-000.00 damages, actual and punitive, alleged to have been sustained by her by reason of her unlawful arrest. The case was tried before Judge John S. Wilson and a jury on February 9, 1931. The defendant moved for a nonsuit on the ground that there was no evidence tending to show any malicious, wanton, or high-handed conduct on the part of the defendant, or of any of its authorized agents. On a further ground that there was no evidence tending…