Wyatt v. Baker

Howard Baker, by next friend, brought suit against O. D. Wyatt, to recover damages for an alleged false arrest and imprisonment. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $500, and the defendant excepted to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The motion contained the usual general grounds, and also assigned error on certain portions of the court’s charge. The petition alleged that the defendant Wyatt, as mayor of the *751Town of Menlo, imposed upon the plaintiff Baker a line o|> one dollar and cost of one dollar, for violation of a municipal ordinance; that such fine and…