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BASS v. DUNBAR HOUSE, INC.

No. 2517.

161 A.2d 50 (1960)

Richard L. BASS, Appellant, v. DUNBAR HOUSE, INC., a corporation, and Theodore R. Hagans, Jr., Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 17, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur W. Sewell, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Albert F. Adams, Washington, D. C., with whom William A. Tinney, Jr., and Clinton W. Chapman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant brought suit in the United States District Court for false arrest and imprisonment.1 He asked $500,000 for compensatory and punitive damages, but the latter, in the amount of $250,000, were eliminated by the trial court. No appeal was taken from that ruling. The jury returned a verdict for appellant and awarded compensatory damages in the amount of $10,000. Appellees moved for judgment n.o.v. or, alternatively...

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