DELATTE v. GENOVESE

No. 7634.

228 So.2d 252 (1969)

Phillip Leon DELATTE v. Dr. Charles R. GENOVESE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Cooper, Jr., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Ralph L. Kaskell, Jr., of Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for appellee.

Before LANDRY, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment of the lower court rejecting his claim against defendant in his capacity of Coroner, Tangipahoa Parish, for false arrest and imprisonment arising from an alleged improper commitment to a mental institution. We reverse the judgment of the trial court on finding defendant's motion for summary judgment of dismissal was improperly sustained.

The salient question for decision is one of law, namely, defendant...

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