BURLINGTON TRANSP. CO. v. JOSEPHSON

No. 13179.

153 F.2d 372 (1946)

BURLINGTON TRANSP. CO. et al. v. JOSEPHSON.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

February 19, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Weingarten, of Omaha, Neb. (H. R. Hanley, of Rapid City, S.D., Francis J. Parker, of Deadwood, S. D., and P. E. Boslaugh, of Hastings, Neb., on the brief), for appellants.

Julius Skaug, of Mobridge, S. D. (H. F. Fellows, of Rapid City, S. D., Pat Morrison, of Mobridge, S. D., and Tom Eastman, of Rapid City, S. D., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, THOMAS, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants in the court below from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellee for damages for false arrest and imprisonment, entered upon a verdict of the jury, in the amount of $19,500, with costs in the sum of $44.50. Jurisdiction is predicated upon diversity of citizenship and the amount involved.

A statement of the issues tendered in the pleadings is necessary to make clear the contentions of the parties...

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