Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Co. v. Ennalls
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Sharp, J.), where there was a verdict for the plaintiff for $100. Plaintiff’s 2nd Prayer. — If the jury find from all the evidence in this case'that the plaintiff was upon the premises of the defendant in Baltimore City for the purpose of transacting business with the said defendant, and while so upon said premises he was arrested and detained against his will by Herman E. Fischer, as testified by him, upon the charge of the…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Sharp, J.), where there was a verdict for the plaintiff for $100. Plaintiff’s 2nd Prayer. — If the jury find from all the evidence in this case'that the plaintiff was upon the premises of the defendant in Baltimore City for the purpose of transacting business with the said defendant, and while so upon said premises he was arrested and detained against his will by Herman E. Fischer, as testified by him, upon the charge of the larceny of the property of the defendant, and said Fischer at the time he arrested and detained the plaintiff as…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, C. J.
The declaration filed by the appellee against the appellant, contains counts for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, assault and battery and assault. The principal question in the case is whether the appellant is liable for an arrest of the appellee, made by Herman E. Fischer, on one of its piers in the city of Baltimore.
The plaintiff, who was working at Sparrow’s Point, purchased some groceries to send to his wife at Cambridge, Md. He testified that he took them in a basket to a pier of the de fendant, where he went to the company’s office and said he had a basket to ship to his wife…
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