Joiner v. Ocean Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Malicious arrest. False imprisonment. Verdict. Charge of court. Malice. Probable cause. Advice of counsel. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. June tei’m, 1890. The evidence tended to show the following: On March 8, 1889, one Gauey, acting for the defendant,' swore out a warrant and had the plaintiff' arrested on the charge of larceny from a vessel. He was kept in jail until March 22d when, after an examination before a magistrate, he was discharged.
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Malicious arrest. False imprisonment. Verdict. Charge of court. Malice. Probable cause. Advice of counsel. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. June tei’m, 1890. The evidence tended to show the following: On March 8, 1889, one Gauey, acting for the defendant,' swore out a warrant and had the plaintiff' arrested on the charge of larceny from a vessel. He was kept in jail until March 22d when, after an examination before a magistrate, he was discharged. He was earning at the time he was arrested $1.75 per day, from ¡$10 to $12 per week, and since then has only been able to earn from…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandeord, Justice.
This was an action, brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, for malicious arrest and false imprisonment. A verdict was had for the defendant in error; plaintiff in error made a motion for a new trial, which was refused by the court, and he excepted.
The first three grounds of the motion allege that the verdict was wrong. In looking at the facts in the case, we are satisfied that the verdict was right according to law and the evidence.
It is complaiued in the fourth ground that the court erred in refusing to give certain requests to charge to the…
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