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RAINS v. CROW

No. 20298.

601 S.W.2d 774 (1980)

Rolen R. RAINS, Appellant, v. Trammell CROW, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Randall Yazbeck, Barclay & Yazbeck, Dallas, for appellant.

Joan F. Vachule, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, CARVER and STOREY, JJ.

CARVER, Justice.

Rolen R. Rains sued Trammell Crow for damages for causing his alleged unlawful arrest by an officer of the Dallas Police Department. The trial court sustained Crow's motion for summary judgment and Rains appeals. We affirm on the ground that a "lawful" arrest for undisputed conduct proscribed by a city penal ordinance is not converted to an "unlawful" arrest so as to support a civil action for damages even if the city ordinance is subsequently determined...

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