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HUGHES v. OREB

Docket No. L.A. 21737.

36 Cal.2d 854 (1951)

228 P.2d 550

WILLIAM J.B. HUGHES, Appellant, v. NICK K. OREB et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 14, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Entenza & Gramer and M.E. Storrie for Appellant.

Crider, Runkle & Tilson, Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, Roland Wilson and John F. Feldmeier, Deputy City Attorneys, for Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff brought this action for damages for false imprisonment against Oreb, owner and manager of an establishment in San Pedro known as the Hawaiian Gardens, and against Ledbetter and Greenwood, police officers of the city of Los Angeles. A motion for nonsuit was granted as to defendant Oreb at the close of plaintiff's case, and, after the introduction of evidence on behalf of officers Ledbetter and Greenwood, the court directed a verdict in their...

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