CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. v. LEWIS

No. 7020.

99 F.2d 424 (1938)

CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. v. LEWIS.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 22, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Hoover, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Lester Wood and Isadore H. Halpern, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and STEPHENS and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action for false arrest and imprisonment. The sole question is whether the District Court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant. Defendant's contention is that there was no sufficient evidence to support a finding that it procured plaintiff's arrest.

A watch and chain were stolen from one of defendant's buildings, and an overcoat from another...

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