COLE v. JOHNSON

Docket No. 19709.

197 Cal.App.2d 788 (1961)

17 Cal. Rptr. 664

GORDON ROGER COLE, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FELIX GARNER JOHNSON et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

December 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appelbaum, Mitchell & Bennett for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Reaves & Watson, Harlow P. Rothert and Cushing, Cullinan, Hancock & Rothert for Defendants and Respondents.


DEVINE, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from (1) a judgment of nonsuit which was rendered in favor of defendants Johnson and Schmitt, and (2) a directed verdict in favor of the other defendants, in a case of false arrest. Johnson had identified Cole, one of the plaintiffs, as a robber, Schmitt was Johnson's partner in business, and the other defendants are police officers who had participated in an arrest of plaintiffs following...

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