Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Carlock
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Charles W. Ferguson. Action by Walter H. Carlock against the Central of Georgia Railway Company, and another, for damages for unlawful arrest. From the judgment for plaintiff, the railroad company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, j.
(1, 2) The appellee instituted this action against the railway Company, a corporation (appellant), and one H. C. Jones. The complaint contained three counts, the first and second charging the wrongful arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff. The jury’s consideration of these counts was forbidden by instructions given at the instance of the railway company. The third count thus appears in the transcript:
“The plaintiff claims of the defendants $25,000, damages, for that, heretofore, to-wit, on the 15th day of April, 1913, defendant’s servant or agent, acting within the line and…
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