BUMPHUS v. SMITH

No. 3144.

189 A.2d 130 (1963)

Mathew BUMPHUS, Appellant, v. Joe SMITH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 21, 1963.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathew Bumphus, appellant, pro se.

Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair and Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corp. Counsel, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge.

Summary judgment was granted against appellant in his action for malicious prosecution, and he has appealed. The undisputed facts disclosed by the pleadings and exhibits are as follows.

Appellee, a police officer, halted appellant's automobile and issued him a traffic violation notice for failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian. An information was issued by the Corporation Counsel and after a trial appellant was found guilty and...

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