ALEXANDER v. GORDON

No. 3367.

147 So.2d 595 (1962)

Leon ALEXANDER, by His Next Friend, Jimmie Alexander, Appellant, v. L.H. GORDON and the City of Pahokee, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.F. Paty of Paty, Downey & Lewis, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

S.H. Adams of Jones, Adams, Paine & Foster, West Palm Beach, for appellees.


ALLEN, Judge.

The appellant, who was the plaintiff below, appeals from a final order dismissing his suit against L.H. Gordon and the City of Pahokee.

The plaintiff, a 13 year old minor, by his next friend, brought suit against L.H. Gordon, a police officer employed by the co-defendant, City of Pahokee, alleging that plaintiff was shot in the back with a gun loaded with buckshot while the said Gordon was attempting to arrest him. The shooting was alleged to...

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