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WOMMACK v. LESH

No. 40,293

180 Kan. 548 (1957)

305 P.2d 854

PHYLLIS JEAN WOMMACK, Appellant, v. PAUL LESH, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 12, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pat Warnick, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Alan B. Phares, William C. Norton, and H.E. Pat Healy, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Donald Hickman, of Arkansas City, argued the cause, and Frank G. Theis, City Attorney of Arkansas City, and Kirke W. Dale, of Arkansas City, were with him on the briefs for Paul Lesh and Paul Lesh, Chief of Police, The City of Arkansas City, Wayne Lambert, City Manager, C.K. Freeman, Mayor, C.K. Freeman, R.P. Guyot and Jo A. McEwen, Board of City Commissioners, and Western Casualty & Surety Company, appellees.

W.R. Mathews, County Attorney of Cowley County, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., Attorney General, and Ted Templar, Assistant County Attorney, were with him on the briefs for The Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, John Goff, Albert Roberts and Walter Sidwell, appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for alleged false arrest and imprisonment. The appeal is from an order sustaining separate demurrers to the petition.

Joined as defendants are the chief of police of Arkansas City, both individually and in his official capacity; Milton J. Jordan, the arresting police officer; the city of Arkansas City; the city manager, mayor and city commissioners of Arkansas...

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