Kelley v. Yearwood

This cause was brought by Mrs. Kelley against Year-wood, a member of the State Highway Patrol, and the surety upon his official bond. It sounds in tort upon a charge of false imprisonment. From a judgment entered upon a verdict for the defendant, this appeal is taken.

Appellee was summoned to the scene of an automobile accident near Sumrall in Perry County. The record sustains a finding, based upon the testimony of several witnesses, that appellant was then under the influence of intoxicants. She was thereupon arrested by the patrolman upon a charge of being drunk in a public place in the…