Martin v. Simkins Company
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for false imprisonment. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. January 13,1902.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
An action for false imprisonment was brought-by Martin against Eldred Simkins & Co., a partnership. The petition alleged that the partnership, acting by and through Simkins, one of the partners, had directed the chief of police of the city of Savannah to telegraph the chief of police of the city of Cordele to have plaintiff arrested on a charge of larceny; that he was arrested by the officer at Cordele and imprisoned, but was subsequently discharged. The petition prayed the recovery of a money judgment against the partnership. The petition was demurred to upon Several grounds, among them one…
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