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WEBBER v. ANDERSEN

No. 37730.

187 N.W.2d 290 (1971)

187 Neb. 9

Emil C. WEBBER, Appellant, v. Richard A. ANDERSEN et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

May 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthews, Kelley, Cannon & Carpenter, Omaha, for appellant.

Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Robert L. Berry, William M. Lamson, Jr., Herbert M. Fitle, City Atty., James E. Fellows, John Abbott, Asst. City Attys., Omaha, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, and NEWTON, JJ.

CARTER, Justice.

The plaintiff, Emil C. Webber, brought this action in tort to recover damages sustained while confined in the jail of the defendant City of Omaha. The defendant Richard A. Andersen was the chief of police of Omaha and, as such, the senior officer in command of the police department of the City. It is alleged that the police department maintained and controlled the city jail and that its police officers arrested, jailed, and supervised the confinement...

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