Hughes v. New York Central System

This is an action for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. The New York Central System was dismissed. One verdict, against the Chicago Eiver & Indiana Eailroad and its employees, W. E. Manning and G. M. Howard, assessed actual damages at $70,000; another, against the railroad only, was for $5,000 punitive damages. Judgments upon these verdicts were vacated when the court sustained the defendants’ post-trial motion. An order was entered granting judgment to the defendants notwithstanding the verdicts and granting them a new trial if the judgment were reversed.

The plaintiff appeals…