STATE v. MOORE

No. 43487.

252 Miss. 471 (1965)

174 So.2d 352

STATE, USE OF POWELL v. MOORE, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, Long & Adams, Tupelo, for appellant.

James E. Bost, Pontotoc, for appellees.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This suit seeking damages for false imprisonment involves the question of whether the evidence warranted a jury finding that there was no detention or restraint of the person of appellant, James Truitt Powell, Sr., but simply a voluntary trip to police headquarters for further identification. We conclude this was a jury issue, and finding no reversible errors affirm the judgment of the Circuit Court of Pontotoc County.

Powell brought this suit...

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