FRANCIS v. TAFT CLEANERS & DYERS, INC.


281 A.D. 893 (1953)

James J. Francis, Appellant, v. Taft Cleaners and Dyers, Inc., et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 16, 1953.


Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, with one bill of costs.

In our opinion, there was a complete failure of proof that defendants, or any of them, instigated or directed plaintiff's arrest, or did more than merely to furnish information to the police officers when called upon to state facts for their guidance. (Cf. Vernes v. Phillips, 266 N.Y. 298; Grinnell v. Weston, 95 App. Div. 454; Davern v. Drew, 153 App. Div. 844, affd. sub nom....

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