American Railway Express Co. v. McDermott

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court based upon false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution.

McDermott, the plaintiff below, was employed by the defendant, American Railway Express Company, from June, 1920, until October 14, 1925. On the latter date he was working as a receiving clerk in the defendant’s office at Eighteenth and Market streets, Philadelphia, Pa., in what is known as the cut-off or value room. This is the room to which the deliverymen employed by the company return shipments or packages which they are unable to deliver…