Director General of Railroads v. Kastenbaum, 263 U.S. 25 (1923)
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Director General of Railroads v. Kastenbaum, 263 U.S. 25 (1923)
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Director General of Railroads v. Kastenbaum No. 39 Argued October 3, 4, 1923 Decided November 12, 1923 263 U.S. 25
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Syllabus
Under § 10 of the Federal Control Act, an action for false imprisonment may be maintained against the Director General of Railroads by a person, who at the instigation of railroad detectives (agents of the Director General) acting without probable cause, was arrested without warrant for a theft of freight from the railroad while under federal control. P. 27.
198 App.Div. 966; 199 id. 957, affirmed.
Certiorari to the Supreme Court of New York to review a judgment for damages recovered by the respondent from the petitioner in an action for false imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Division, and leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied.
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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Director General of Railroads v. Kastenbaum, 263 U.S. 25 (1923). cited in 1923, 263 U.S. 25. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9JT22WTV3BFLQ7J.
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