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WEHRMAN v. LIBERTY PETROLEUM COMPANY

No. 31272.

382 S.W.2d 56 (1964)

Christian H. WEHRMAN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LIBERTY PETROLEUM COMPANY, Inc., a Corporation, and Wilford Brown, Defendants-Appellants.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin A. Wolff, Hullverson, Richardson & Hullverson, Orville Richardson, Corinne Richardson, St. Louis, for defendants-appellants.

Coleman, Ross & Cekovsky, Hal B. Coleman, Clayton, William L. Mason, Jr., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff, Christian H. Wehrman, sued to recover actual damages of $4,000 and punitive damages of $15,000 from defendants Liberty Petroleum Company, Inc. and Wilford Brown for causing him to be falsely arrested. The jury returned a verdict against both defendants for actual damages of $100 and punitive damages of $7,500, judgment was entered in conformity therewith, and after unavailing after-trial motions the defendants appealed.

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