Collins v. Jones

PARKER, J., pro tem.

This is an action to recover damages on account of false imprisonment. The case was tried by jury and verdict returned in favor of plaintiff. After denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial judgment was entered pursuant to the verdict and defendant appeals.

The facts are novel and interesting and demonstrative of the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction. Mrs. Collins, the plaintiff, was the mother of a hoy of the age of nine years. The boy’s name was Walter Collins. In March of 1928 the boy disappeared and has never been found. As was to be expected, the matter…