Jacobs v. Owens

1. The defendant insists that he is not liable because his employee only summoned the police and did not direct, request, or command the police to search the plaintiff. It is true that for a person to be liable for false arrest he must either make, command, request, or direct the arrest, but it is not necessary that he direct it in express terms. Webb v. Prince, 62 Ga. App. 749 (9 S. E. 2d 675); Gordon v. Hogan, 114 Ga. 354 (40 S. E. 229). In the present case it was alleged that: the defendant’s employee called the police and informed them that the plaintiff was holding a gun on another…