Pearson v. Great Southern Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington; Thomas M. Burns, Judge. Action by Harvey Pearson against the Great Southern Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
In this suit in which plaintiff claims d'amages in the sum of $5,000 against the defendant for false arrest and imprisonment, the facts are nearly the same as in the case of Sharp against the same defendant. On one point there is a difference in that the testimony shows that Sharp broke electric light bulbs. Although Pearson was with him late in the nighttime, as they were passing through defendant’s mill, he was not seen to have broken any of the electric lights.
It is charged by defendant that these plaintiffs, instead of taking the shortest route to' their homes, went out of the way to pass…
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