Turner v. Elliott

Sidney N. Elliott and Frank Riga, Jr., appeal from judgments on verdicts which awarded plaintiffs damages for false imprisonment, namely, to Bob L. Butcher $1,000, to George Moore $1,000, and to Morley B. Turner $1,200. Two grounds of appeal are urged by appellants, namely, that the evidence was insufficient to prove that either of the appellants was responsible for the arrests of plaintiffs, and that the amounts of the verdicts were excessive.

There was evidence which the jury could reasonably have deemed sufficient to establish the following facts: On January 21, 1947, at about 7 o’clock p.…