Illinois Central Railroad v. King
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of .the first district of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. King brought this action, in August, 1890, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, to recover damages for an alleged unlawful arrest and false imprisonment by its depot master.
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From the circuit court of .the first district of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. King brought this action, in August, 1890, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, to recover damages for an alleged unlawful arrest and false imprisonment by its depot master. Plaintiff was arrested by defendant’s depot agent because of his conduct in going into, and making use of, a water-closet set apart for ladies only in the waiting-room of defendant’s depot, and was turned over to policemen of the city of Jackson, and by them incarcerated in the city prison. The case was tried at the June…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The proposal of the plaintiff to consent to set aside the verdict he had obtained,'and the refusal by the defendant to accept this proposition, did not in any manner affect the right of the defendant as a litigant.
The fact that the station agent was acting for another railroad company, as well as the defendant, did not prevent a recovery by the plaintiff of the defendant. It merely showed that'two might have been sued instead of one.
The unconstitutionality of the act of 1890, as being an invasion of the chartered rights of the defendant, is not involved in the decision of this case, since…
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