Anderson v. Dyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, David Dyer, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 7th day of May, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $500.
1Opinion of the Court
Jaycox, J.:
The complaint set forth a cause of action for false imprisonment and another for malicious prosecution. At the close of the plaintiff’s case the false imprisonment action was dismissed and the trial proceeded upon the action for malicious prosecution.
The defendant is a butcher engaged in selling meats to *709steamships. The plaintiff, a young man of about twenty-two years of age, was employed by the defendant to make deliveries with a motor boat. This motor boat was in the charge and control of the plaintiff. On Sunday, the 3d day of September, 1916, this motor boat was taken from the…
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