Carson v. St. Joseph Stock Yards Co.

This action is based upon a charge of false imprisonment. There was a judgment for plaintiff in the trial court.

There was evidence tending to show that plaintiff was arrested by a policeman and detained for nearly six hours, charged by the policeman with stealing halters belonging to defendant company. Defendant Slack is the superintendent for defendant company, hut there was no evidence that he instigated or caused the arrest, or that he ratified or adopted the act after it became known to him. The demurrer to the evidence which was offered in his behalf should have been sustained.

Plaintiff…