Legal Opinion
Reaves v. Rieger
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 11, 1950No. 41680PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OSDOL, C.
Action for $10,000 actual and $10,000 punitive damages for alleged false arrest and imprisonment. The jury awarded plaintiff $5000 actual damages. The trial court, sustaining defendant’s motion, set aside the verdict and ensuing judgment for plaintiff and entered judgment for defendant in accordance with defendant’s former motion for a directed verdict and, in the alternative, ordered a new trial on specified grounds. Section 113, Civil Code of Missouri, Laws of Missouri 1943, p. 387, Mo. R. S. A. 1939, § 847.113; Hughes v. St. Louis Nat. League Baseball Club, 359 Mo. 993, 224 S.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sutter v. EasterlySupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
- State ex rel. Long v. EllisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- Hughes v. St. Louis National League Baseball Club, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1949
- Williams v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- State ex rel. Greene County v. GideonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Voss v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1960
- City of St. Louis v. StensonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1960
- Langhammer v. CITY OF MEXICO, MISSOURISupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- City of Frankford v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961