Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Thomasson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the 'District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Action by C. F. Thomasson against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
In an action for malicious prosecution, the defendant in error, here called the “plaintiff,” obtained a judgment for $5,000 against the plaintiff in error, herein referred to as the “defendant.”
On the 30th of November, 1915, at Hopewell, Va., an agent of defendant swore out a warrant charging plaintiff with embezzlement of *834its funds. He was arrested about half past 2 oni the afternoon of that day, was at once locked up in a large, but dirty, cell, with a score of other prisoners of various ages, colors, sexes, and degrees of personal cleanliness, or lack of it. Some 4%…
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