Johnson v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Gerald Johnson, a young colored man, brought this action against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Com pany, H. P. Layne, and C. R. Levy, surety on Layne’s bond, to recover damages for Ms alleged unlawful arrest and imprisonment by Layne, an employee of tbe railway company. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants, and the plaintiff has appealed. He seeks*a reversal of the judgment on two grounds: (1) The verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; and (2) the instructions are erroneous.

Appellant claims that he was arrested without probable cause…