Hays v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
STOCKARD, Commissioner.
In plaintiff’s suit for $100,000 actual and $400,000 punitive damages for an alleged false imprisonment and a conspiracy to deprive her of her personal liberty, the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on plaintiff’s opening statement and this appeal followed. The parties will be referred to as in the trial court.
The substance of the allegations of the petition is as follows: Plaintiff was a passenger aboard one of defendant’s special “deportation trains,” which commenced its journey on May 5, 1952, from Los Angeles, California, and traveled…
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