REYNOLDS v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 15448.

236 F.2d 387 (1956)

Larry REYNOLDS, a minor, by Ruth Reynolds, his Mother and Natural Guardian, Appellant, v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

September 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman Landau, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Oliver J. Miller, St. Louis, Mo. (Jacob M. Lashly and Lashly, Lashly & Miller, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and VOGEL, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

An action by a minor against a railroad for false arrest and false imprisonment was dismissed by the trial court, with prejudice, for want of prosecution, and the plaintiff has appealed.

We can perceive no error of law or abuse of discretion in what the court did, and we accordingly affirm.

The action was one of a number of suits for damages, brought by various youngsters, through their irate parents, because of their having...

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