Tyler v. Philadelphia Ritz-Carlton Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1918, No. 3433, in the case of Owen Tyler v. Philadelphia Ritz-Carlton Company. Trespass to recover damages for false arrest and imprisonment. Before Finletter, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court, and in former appeal, 73 Pa. Superior Ct. 427. Yerdict for plaintiff in the sum of $1,500. Judgment was entered for the defendant non obstante veredicto.
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Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1918, No. 3433, in the case of Owen Tyler v. Philadelphia Ritz-Carlton Company. Trespass to recover damages for false arrest and imprisonment. Before Finletter, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court, and in former appeal, 73 Pa. Superior Ct. 427. Yerdict for plaintiff in the sum of $1,500. Judgment was entered for the defendant non obstante veredicto. On appeal to the Superior Court the court reversed the action of the court below and directed judgment on the verdict to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The verdict of the jury was sustained in a former appeal in this case, 73 Pa. Superior Ct. 427. The question raised in the present appeal is whether exemplary damages should have been allowed, the appellant contending that the evidence does not support such a verdict.
The testimony presented by the plaintiff at the trial tended to show that he was arrested by the defendant’s special officer under circumstances' of insult, indignity and maliciousness. The jury might have found, under that evidence, that the officer was actuated by a malicious disposition, or that he was…
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