Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Quick

The appeal is from a judgment for $4,000' to compensate damages for false' arrest.

The transaction was this: Appellee, who was a retailer of ice, had formerly sold junk. The morning of December 8, 1938, he was accosted by Special Agent Matt Bonds on unenclosed property in North Little Rock owned by Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, near the railroad shops.

Appellee says that about 12:30 o’clock a. m. he started up Pike avenue toward Levy, intending to stop at a place on Eighteenth and Pike streets and drink a bottle of beer. Finding the place closed, he proceeded to Thirteenth and Pike streets…