Taneski v. St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Railway Co.

In an action of trespass, appellee charged that appellant, by its servant and agent, Pele Sehoyan, with force and arms assaulted and beat him and deprived him of his liberty without any reasonable or probable cause, contrary to the law and against his will. Appellant filed the general issue and several special pleas upon which issues were joined. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $1,250.

The evidence on the part of appellee is to the effect that at the time in question he was a married man, fifty-seven years of age, lived with his wife at Madison, Illinois,…