Gunderson v. Struebing
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Jonrr Goodlahl, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment against defendant in an action for false imprisonment. The complaint charges. that defendant maliciously caused the arrest and imprison•ment of the plaintiff without probable cause and without warrant or process and caused him to be taken to the police station and searched by a police officer December 8, 1902, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: Jonrr Goodlahl, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment against defendant in an action for false imprisonment. The complaint charges. that defendant maliciously caused the arrest and imprison•ment of the plaintiff without probable cause and without warrant or process and caused him to be taken to the police station and searched by a police officer December 8, 1902, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The answer is a general denial, and sets up, among other things, that defendant was a retail clothing merchant at Oshkosh, and…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
The main questions involved upon this appeal are whether the court erred in taking the case from the jury and directing a verdict for plaintiff upon the material facts. The evidence upon the trial tended to show that on ■the day in question the plaintiff, his brother, and a companion, comparative strangers in the city of Oshkosh, entered the store of defendant, where plaintiff purchased a cap and ■some mittens. He looked at gloves and mittens and asked for a reduction in price, whereupon the clerk went to the .back office and consulted defendant about such reduction. After plaintiff purchased…
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