Welch v. Bergeron

Plaintiff brought an action to recover damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution resulting from a criminal complaint against him signed by defendant in 1971. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict for defendant. Mullavey, J., reserved and transferred plaintiff’s exceptions to various rulings of the trial court. The questions in this appeal are whether the trial court erred in dismissing the count for false arrest, in making certain evidentiary rulings and in failing to give several jury instructions.

Since 1960 defendant, Roland E. Bergeron, has been a part-time building inspector…