ANDERSON, Justice.
Upon the premise that on July 3, 1950, appellant falsely imprisoned him, appellee, Kenneth C. Matthews, recovered judgment in the trial court against appellant, D. W. Hicks, for $10,000 as actual damages and $5,000 as exemplary damages. The judgment was based on a jury's verdict.
Appellee predicated his suit on the alleged illegal and wrongful nature of the arrest itself, and also upon the theory that he was not accorded his legal right...
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