Dennis v. Baltimore Transit Co.

William E. Dennis, appellant, a colored man, 48 years old, alleged in this suit for damages that, while he was a passenger on a street car operated by the Baltimore Transit Company, the conductor unjustifiably and maliciously ordered his arrest on a false criminal charge.

•On Sunday afternoon, April 28,1946, appellant, a clerk employed at the Baltimore post office, entered the rear door of a Fayette street car at Calvert Street. He and Frank Sewell, colored, aged 33, also an employee, at the post office, were the last of about ten people who boarded the car at that intersection. The car was…