Comfort v. Monteleone

JANVIER, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks recovery' for physical injuries and for shame and humiliation alleged to have been sustained by him as the result of unprovoked assault, malicious prosecution, and false imprisonment, all of which he charges were committed by a house detective, or watchman, in the employ of the owners or operators of the Monteleone Hotel in this city. It is asserted that on May 25, 1932, while petitioner was seated quietly in the lobby of the hotel and was conducting himself in a lawful and proper manner, “he was assaulted, beaten and forcibly ejected from said hotel” by the…