McInerney v. United Railroads of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Bernard J. Flood, Judge. Modified and affirmed. ■ The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRichards, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in the plaintiff’s favor in an action for damages for an alleged assault and false imprisonment. The cause was tried before a jury, which awarded the plaintiff the sum of two thousand dollars as compensatory damages and five hundred dollars as exemplary damages.
There were four defendants other than the appellant herein who were at the time of the plaintiff’s alleged injuries its employees. As to three of these—Henry Jones, M. Glennon, and John W. Lynch—a nonsuit was granted. As to the other codefendant, Charles G. Fitch, the verdict of the jury was in his…
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