Floyd v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Maxwell, Judge:

This is an action for damages for false arrest and malicious prosecution. The jury exonerated defendant J. T. McDowell, a constable of Raleigh County, but there was returned in favor of the plaintiff, Leonard Floyd, against the defendants, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, C. B. Dye, K. A. Maddy and Ernest Farley, special police officers of the railway company, a verdict for $3,500.00. The said unsuccessful defendants prosecute this writ of error. We shall deal-with the case solely under the count charging false arrest, because if the verdict be upheld it must be on that…