Pavish v. Meyers

The plaintiff seeks damages because of his alleged unlawful and unwarranted arrest by the defendant Meyers.

The plaintiff owns and operates a fish market in one of the store rooms fronting on a street in the city of Seattle; the defendant Meyers is a police officer of that city; the defendant Severyns is its chief of police, and the New Amsterdam Casualty Company furnished the official bond for the chief of police.

The plaintiff’s testimony tended to show that, on a certain date, the defendant Meyers, while on duty and while passing the plaintiff’s place of business, and in the presence of…