Frazier v. Moffatt

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment for $3,150 compensatory damages and $1,000 punitive damages in an action for false arrest and false imprisonment. The cause was tried before the court without a jury.

Consideration of the ground for reversal urged upon this appeal requires that attention be given to the evidence adduced at the trial. In that regard the record reflects that during the noon hour of May 16,1949, at approximately 1 o’clock, defendant went to a café in Huntington Park, County of Los Angeles, as did plaintiff. In addition to the plaintiff there were present in the café…