HAMMITT v. STRALEY

Docket No. 77, Calendar No. 45,971.

338 Mich. 587 (1953)

61 N.W.2d 641

HAMMITT v. STRALEY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 29, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William John Beer and John B. Osgood, for plaintiff.

Glenn C. Gillespie and William A. Ewart, for defendant.


BOYLES, J.

In this case the plaintiff sued to recover damages for illegal arrest and imprisonment. At the close of the proofs, on trial by jury, the court granted a motion of the defendant for a directed verdict of no cause for action. From the judgment entered thereon, the plaintiff appeals. The principal question here is whether the arrest without a warrant was legal.

About 10:30 p.m., August 27, 1952, the defendant, chief of police of the city of Pontiac...

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