Matthews v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

Action in tort for personal injuries inflicted upon appellant by an assault and battery committed by detectives in the employ of appellee, while acting for and in the interest of appellee, and during the attempt on the part of such detectives to extort, by physical violence, a confession from appellant, in violation of §2420 Burns 1926, that he had knowingly received goods or property stolen from the cars of the appellee.

At the close of appellant’s case in chief, the court, on motion of appellee, directed a verdict for appellee. Appellant filed a motion for a new trial, assigning as error, so…