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CITY OF MOUND BAYOU v. JOHNSON

No. 07-IA-59507.

562 So.2d 1212 (1990)

The CITY OF MOUND BAYOU, Mississippi and Alfred Thompson, Individually, and as a Police Officer of the City of Mound Bayou, Mississippi v. Eddie JOHNSON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey C. Meador, Jacobs Eddins Povall Meador & Crump, Cleveland, for appellants.

John L. Hatcher, Cleveland, for appellee.

EN BANC.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This case presents important questions concerning the period of time within which one charging police brutality must bring his action against the offending officer and the municipality whom he serves. Related are the questions of the limitations period governing actions for false arrest and malicious prosecution against a municipality.

II.

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