Kalish v. White
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. George A. Sturtevant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an action for damages for false imprisonment, brought by the plaintiff against D. A. White, chief of the police department of San Francisco, and William Minehan, a detective sergeant in the department.
Upon plaintiff resting his case a motion for a nonsuit as to defendant White was granted, and at the conclusion of the testimony of both sides the court of its own motion instructed the jury to return a verdict for defendant Minehan, which the jury did. This is an appeal by plaintiff from the judgment entered on the instructed verdict.
The circumstances of the plaintiff’s arrest and…
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