Larson v. Erickson

This is an action for false arrest and imprisonment. The evidence of plaintiff showed that he was employed in November, 1924, as a hotel clerk in the city of Tacoma; that, three or four days prior thereto, one Martin Erickson, brother of the defendant, while at the hotel where plaintiff worked, fell and hurt his head; that plaintiff notified the defendant who lived in Thurston county; that the defendant came to Tacoma and inquired of the plaintiff the facts concerning the fall, none of which incriminated the plaintiff; that at that time he was given the names of other persons who were present…