MIDDLETON v. CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH

No. A-472.

113 So.2d 431 (1959)

James W. MIDDLETON, Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

July 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Middleton, appellant in pro. per.

Stewart, Estergren & Rice, Fort Walton, for appellee.


STURGIS, Judge.

Plaintiff Middleton's suit at law against the defendant City of Fort Walton Beach to recover damages for an alleged intentional tort was dismissed for failure to state a cause of action and he appeals.

The complaint charged, in substance, that plaintiff was arrested by a police officer of the defendant city pursuant to a warrant which, though regular on its face, was void and known to be such by the arresting officer; that contrary to the recitations...

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