Jackson v. . Telegraph Co.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for false imprisonment. He alleged that one McManus caused a warrant to be issued by a magistrate for his arrest upon the charge of an assault with a gun, and that he was taken into custody by the sheriff and (349) confined in jail for about a day. There was evidence tending to prove the false arrest and imprisonment, and the case turns upon the question whether McManus acted for and in behalf of the defendant, as its agent, in suing out the warrant. The issues submitted, with the answers thereto, were as follows: "1. Was J. C. McManus the…