Peterson v. Lutz

Loking, Justice.

Action against the superintendent of the Women’s Detention Home of the Minneapolis City Workhouse for false imprisonment. The trial court directed a verdict for defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case, judgment was entered, and plaintiff appeals to this court.

Plaintiff was convicted of a federal offense May 4, 1934, in the federal district court and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, preferably in the State Reformatory for Women, Shakopee, Minnesota. She was placed on probation for two years, which period was extended to May 4, 1939. On December 23, 1937, the same…