Mansfield v. William J. Burns International Detective Agency

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action by William Mansfield against the William J. Bums International Detective Agency to recover damages for assault and battery. The defendant appeals from the judgment in the sum of $2,250 in plaintiff’s favor rendered upon the verdict of a jury.

A family by the name of Moore living near Red Oak, la., were murdered in 1912 by some person who used an axe in perpetrating the deed. The defendant was employed to discover the murderer, and James M. Wilkerson, a detective employed by defendant to act for it in Kansas, was…