Ames v. Williamson

GALLAGHER, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellee, Glenn Williamson, against appellant, John Ames, to recover both actual and exemplary damages for the alleged false imprisonment of appellee by appellant. The testimony adduced at the trial, so far as necessary, will be recited in connection with the issues of law hereinafter discussed.

The case was submitted on special issues, in response to which the jury found, in substance, that appellant, in Coryell County, Texas, falsely imprisoned appel-lee, that the sum of $275 should be awarded appellee as compensatory damages, and that no…