Lindquist v. Friedman's Inc.

Plaintiffs brought an action against the defendants to recover damages for an alleged false arrest and imprisonment. There was a jury trial and a verdict in favor of each plaintiff and against the defendants for $1,000. Upon a remittitur of $250 on each verdict a judgment was entered on the verdicts for $750 in favor of each plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

The record discloses that on Saturday, March 24, 1934, at about 3:15 p. m., plaintiff Agnes Lindstrom, accompanied by her aunt, Edith C. Lindquist, the other plaintiff, entered defendant Friedman’s Inc. department store located in the…