Baker v. Barach

This is an action to recover damages for malicious prosecution. From a judgment of $1,000 in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.

The defendant, Philip Barach, was employed by Sam Stone as a bartender in a beer garden in the city of Detroit. Plaintiff, George Baker, was also employed in the same beer garden. About 2 o’clock in the morning of July 5,1938, the defendant, Philip Barach, was held up and robbed of more than $500 in the place of business where he worked. At the time of the robbery, plaintiff was in the building performing his duties of locking up the place for the night.

A few days…