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CLARKE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 7191.

311 A.2d 508 (1973)

Carol L. CLARKE, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lillian C. Kennedy, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton and Earl A. Gershenow, Asst. Corp. Counsels, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and PAIR, Associate Judges.

PAIR, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a directed verdict in an action against the District of Columbia (the District) for "false arrest, false imprisonment, unlawful search and assault."

At the commencement of the trial, which was before a jury, the court advised counsel for appellant that she would be limited in her proof to the issue of false arrest because, in the court's judgment, that was the only issue spelled out in the pretrial...

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