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HARPER v. STRANGE

No. 9266.

158 F.2d 408 (1946)

HARPER v. STRANGE et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 16, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Leon A. Ransom and Austin L. Fickling, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Assistant Corporation Counsel, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and CLARK and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

CLARK, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court based on a directed verdict in favor of appellees, defendants below. The complaint was for false arrest.

Appellant, an infant of the age of 14 years at the time, was taken into custody by the appellees, all members of the Metropolitan Police Department, at his home on the night of March 14, 1944. The circumstances surrounding the arrest were as follows. On the evening of the...

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