Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Owens

*559Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

These two appeals, growing out of the same transaction and involving the same facts and questions of law, have been consolidated and will be considered in one opinion. They are suits to recover damages for false arrest and malicious prosecution. Plaintiff Owens recovered a judgment for $1,500.00 and plaintiff Parsons for $325.00 against the defendants, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and its employe, Curt Jones.

Briefly stated, the facts are these: A quantity of whiskey had been stolen from one of defendant’s freight…