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HUGHES v. NEW YORK CENT. SYSTEM

Gen. No. 47,308.

20 Ill. App.2d 224 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 809

William Hughes, Appellant, v. New York Central System, Chicago River & Indiana Railroad, W.R. Manning and G.M. Howard, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication February 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence M. Dunagan, of Chicago, for appellant.

Marvin A. Jersild, Charles I. Hopkins, Jr., Thomas F. Tobin, Alvin E. Domash, for defendants-appellees.

JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. The New York Central System was dismissed. One verdict, against the Chicago River & Indiana Railroad and its employees, W.R. Manning and G.M. Howard, assessed actual damages at $70,000; another, against the railroad only, was for $5,000 punitive damages. Judgments upon these verdicts were vacated when the court sustained the defendants' post...

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