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SCHEELE v. CITY OF ANCHORAGE

No. 307.

385 P.2d 582 (1963)

Idellar V. SCHEELE, Appellant, v. CITY OF ANCHORAGE, a municipal corporation, Wayne Baskett, and T. J. Norris, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Savage of Clark & Savage, Anchorage, for appellant.

Harland W. Davis, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.

AREND, Justice.

We are asked in this case to apply retrospectively the rule we laid down in City of Fairbanks v. Schaible,1 that a municipal corporation in Alaska does not enjoy immunity from tort liability in the exercise of either proprietary or governmental functions.

The plaintiff-appellant complained in the court below that on September 29, 1960, she had suffered personal injuries arising out of police brutality following...

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