Farnsworth v. Cote

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought by plaintiff for trespass, false arrest, false imprisonment, “kidnapping,” malicious prosecution and conspiracy to commit such torts.

Evidence introduced at the trial disclosed the following facts: For several years appellant Roy Ransom Farnsworth and respondent Ida M. Cote were adjoining neighbors in Long Beach, California. Shortly after 9 p. m. on December 20, 1956, as respondent Cote was on her porch about to enter her home, she looked across the porch into an open window with a partially raised…