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CITY OF MIAMI v. CROUCH

No. 70-1119.

249 So.2d 739 (1971)

CITY OF MIAMI, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Florida, and R. De Cerce, Appellants, v. Richard Earl CROUCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Rothstein, City Atty., and John S. Lloyd, Asst. City Atty., for appellants.

James O. Nelson, Miami, for appellee.

Before CHARLES CARROLL, HENDRY and SWANN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Crouch sued the City of Miami and one of its police officers, De Cerce, for damages allegedly resulting from his false arrest. The trial court ruled the arrest was unlawful and the jury, in response to special interrogatories, found the arrest occurred within the city limits of Miami, Florida. The jury returned a verdict of $19,500 for Crouch. The trial court ordered a remittitur of $5,000, or a new trial, and Crouch accepted the order of remittitur. The...

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