Sylvester v. Buerhaus

These are actions of trespass for assault and battery and false imprisonment. They were tried together to a jury in the superior court and resulted in a directed verdict for the defendant in each case. The cases are here on each plaintiff’s exception to the decision of the trial justice granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

On December 15, 1939, at about 4:30 p.m., a police officer of the city of Cranston, without a' warrant, arrested the plaintiffs at defendant’s home, 128 Albert avenue, Cranston, and took them to the Cranston police station where they were held incommunicado…