Cannon v. Haverty Furniture Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

This action, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County February 21, 1934, is a suit by F. A. Cannon, plaintiff, against the defendant, Haverty Furniture Company, for recovery of damages against the defendant in the sum of $10,000.00, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on account of his alleged false imprisonment in the Richland County jail as' the result of the wrongful acts charged against the defendant. In answer to the allegations contained in the plaintiff’s complaint, the defendant alleged, in…