HAND v. CITY OF NORTH MIAMI

No. 67-1015.

211 So.2d 36 (1968)

Bernard C. HAND, Appellant, v. CITY OF NORTH MIAMI et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton & Schwartz, Hartnett & Gillman, Miami, for appellant.

Blackwell, Walker & Gray and James E. Tribble, Sager, Silverman & Bodne, Miami, for appellees.

Before CHARLES CARROLL, C.J., and BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff in the trial court seeks reversal of an order dismissing the municipality as a party-defendant in a tort case. The only charge against the municipality arises under the doctrine of respondeat superior for alleged actions of one of its police officers, committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality, which resulted in the false arrest of the plaintiff.

We find that if the act was committed it was an ultra vires act...

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