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COVERSTONE v. DAVIES

Docket Nos. L.A. 21949, 21950, 21951.

38 Cal.2d 315 (1952)

239 P.2d 876

WARREN COVERSTONE, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. L.N. DAVIES, Individually and as Deputy Sheriff, etc., et al., Respondents. WILLIAM L. MOCK, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. L.N. DAVIES, Individually and as Deputy Sheriff, etc., et al., Respondents. ROLLA D. MOCK et al., Appellants, v. L.N. DAVIES, Individually and as Deputy Sheriff, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 25, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul DuBois and R.D. Mock for Appellants.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Wm. E. Lamoreaux, Deputy County Counsel, H. Burton Noble, City Attorney (Pasadena), Frank L. Kostlan, Assistant City Attorney, Robert E. Michalski, Deputy City Attorney, Crider, Runkle & Tilson, Donald Ruppe and Anderson, McPharlin & Conners for Respondents.

SPENCE, J.

Warren Coverstone and William L. Mock, by their respective guardians ad litem, brought actions against the sheriff of Los Angeles County and five of his deputies; the city manager, chief of police and three police officers of the city of Pasadena; and their respective sureties; charging (a) false arrest, (b) malicious prosecution, (c) assault and battery, and (d) conspiracy and trespass, based upon the arrest of these plaintiffs and their subsequent...

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