SMITH v. COUNTY OF NASSAU


41 A.D.2d 649 (1973)

Thomas F. Smith, Respondent, v. County of Nassau, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 5, 1973


Order reversed insofar as appealed from, and judgment reversed, on the law, without costs, motion to set aside the verdict on the first two causes of action granted, and complaint dismissed in its entirety.

The sole issue here is whether there was reasonable cause, as a matter of law, for believing plaintiff committed a felony so as to justify his arrest without a warrant. The facts are that on May 30, 1966 at about 11:00 P.M., one Earl Pugh, a complainant, and a...

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