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GRAVES v. CITY OF BOLIVAR

No. 1504.

154 F.Supp. 625 (1957)

Jerrell L. GRAVES, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF BOLIVAR, MISSOURI, a municipal corporation, Bill Marshall and Elmer Hicks, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, S. D.

September 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max W. Lilley and Leland C. Bussell, Springfield, Mo., for plaintiff.

Elvin S. Douglas of Douglas & Douglas, Bolivar, Mo., Jean Paul Bradshaw and Walter S. Pettit, Jr., of Neale, Newman, Bradshaw, Freeman & Neale, Springfield, Mo., for defendants City of Bolivar, Mo., and Bill Marshall.

Charles V. Barker, Bolivar, Mo., Frank C. Mann of Mann, Walter, Powell & Burkart, Springfield, Mo., for defendant Elmer Hicks.

R. JASPER SMITH, District Judge.

On July 11, 1957, plaintiff commenced this action for damages, alleging violation by defendants of the Civil Rights Act, Title 42, U.S.C.A. § 1983, as a result of plaintiff's arrest by the deputy city marshal of Bolivar, and his confinement in the Polk County jail. The substance of the allegations of the complaint is that the defendants, severally and acting in concert with each other...

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