Wisner v. S. S. Kresge Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Judge.
This case comes to the writer on reassignment. It is a false arrest case wherein a jury trial resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of respondent in the amount of $1,000.00 actual damages and $8,500.00 punitive damages. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared below.
Defendant’s first allegation of error is that the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in its favor because “probable cause” for plaintiff’s detention had been established as a matter of law. In view of this contention, we detail the evidence.
Plaintiff was a thirty-four year old woman of good…
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- Coonis v. RogersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
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- Jones v. West Side Buick Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1936
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