Cato v. Mayes

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellee Charles Mayes recovered a judgment of $3,050 in an action for false arrest and imprisonment against appellant Delwin Cato. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment in all respects in an unpublished memorandum decision. Cato v. Mayes (1977) No. 1-477 A 74. Upon Cato's petition to transfer this cause, we hereby grant transfer and reverse the judgment,

The evidence giving rise to the cause of action is as follows: On May 81, 1968, Mayes was driving his company garbage truck on a city street in Evansville Cato pulled alongside the truck and…