COLLINS v. McELVEEN

No. 96-633.

682 So.2d 978 (1996)

Courtlande COLLINS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne McELVEEN, Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish and Unknown Deputy Sheriffs of Calcasieu Parish, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Edwards Burks, Lake Charles, for Courtlande Collins, Sr.

Michael Steven Beverung, Lake Charles, for Wayne McElveen.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and SAUNDERS and AMY, JJ.


AMY, Judge.

The appeal arises from the arrest of Courtlande Collins, Sr. on October 11, 1994, by a deputy of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office. Collins filed a suit against Wayne McElveen, Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish, seeking damages for the alleged failure of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office to return a sum of money he claims to have been taken from him when he was arrested. The trial court found that Collins failed...

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