WHITTINGTON v. GIBSON DISCOUNT CENTER

No. 12325.

296 So.2d 375 (1974)

John P. WHITTINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GIBSON DISCOUNT CENTER and C. O. Dorsey, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gamm, Greenberg & Kaplan, by Jack H. Kaplan, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley, by Jack E. Carlisle, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before PRICE, HALL and WILLIAMS, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

This appeal by plaintiff, John P. Whittington, is from a judgment of the district court rejecting his demands against defendants, Gibson Discount Center and C. O. Dorsey, for damages arising out of an alleged false arrest and malicious prosecution. We reverse the judgment of the district court and award damages.

On April 16, 1971, plaintiff, who lived in Huxley, Texas and operated a marina on Toledo Bend, went to the Gibson Discount Center located...

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