Harrer v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

THE HON. F. V. WATTS, district judge

sitting in place of CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR, disqualified.

This is an action by the plaintiff against the defendants for damages for an alleged unlawful arrest. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.

The facts as shown by the evidence may be briefly summarized as follows :

On June 26, 1948, plaintiff, W. J. Harrer, who owns the Green Meadow Ranch near Helena, Montana, went into the Helena store of the defendant Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc., for the purpose of purchasing wrenches. He proceeded to the second floor of the store where he selected…