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WEST v. CITY OF VILLE PLATTE

No. 3141.

237 So.2d 730 (1970)

Matt WEST, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF VILLE PLATTE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor & Trosclair, by Earl B. Taylor, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellant.

Preston N. Aucoin, Ville Platte, Donald V. Organ, and C. Monk Simmons, III, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, HOOD, and CULPEPPER, JJ.

TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff West sues for damages arising out of an allegedly unlawful arrest and a beating connected therewith. The arresting officers were policemen of the City of Ville Platte. The plaintiff sues the city, the policemen (Chapman and Aucoin), and the city's general liability insurer (LaSalle). The trial court dismissed the suit, and the plaintiff West appeals.

In dismissing the suit, the trial court (1) sustained an exception of no right and...

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