Korkman v. Hanlon Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment against it for fifteen hundred dollars for arrest and false imprisonment of the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged that on May 8, 1918, the defendant, by and through its agent and servant, D. J. Hanlon, its president, at the place of business of the defendant corporation, caused the plaintiff to be arrested without warrant; that at the instigation and request of defendant, through its said agent, plaintiff was taken to the city prison of Oakland and there imprisoned without warrant and without any charge being made against him; that he was…