Haglund v. Burdick State Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for damages for false imprisonment. The plaintiff recovered and the defendants appeal.

The plaintiff resided in Kansas City, Mo., and at the inception of the proceedings resulting in his imprisonment was visiting his father, Charles Haglund, who resided at Burdick, a city in Morris county, twenty-six miles distant from Council Grove, the county seat. The Burdick State Bank was located at Burdick. E. T. Anderson was its cashier. Edwin Anderson was the cashier’s brother, and an attorney at Council Grove. The bank held an…