Birmingham Ledger Co. v. Buchanan
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. B. Bmiti-i. Action by Alfred Buchanan against the Birmingham Ledger Company for damages for unlawful imprisonment. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. • The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. B. Bmiti-i. Action by Alfred Buchanan against the Birmingham Ledger Company for damages for unlawful imprisonment. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. • The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following is charge 26, given for defendant: • I charge you that there is no evidence in this case that the policeman was acting as agent of defendant, and that the testimony concerning his presence in the building of defendant i's immaterial and of no value, and is to be excluded from your consideration. The charge…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
This was an action by the appellee to recover damages for an alleged unlawful imprisonment and detention of himself, which in the several counts upon which the case went to the jury were alleged to have been caused by an agent, servant, or employee of the defendant while acting within the line and scope of his employment, one count alleging that the name of such agent or employee was to the plaintiff unknown, another count averring that his name was Thomas B. Smith, and still another averring that his name was L. C. Miller. There was evidence tending to prove the following state of facts:…
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