Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Shiner
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 31, 1968No. Docket 1,385PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLesinski, C. J.
This suit for false imprisonment or illegal arrest was brought by plaintiff, Sandy Dixon, Jr., against defendants, Ronald Shiner and William Schmidt, who are police officers for the city of Detroit. From a judgment granted in favor of plaintiff by the Wayne county circuit court sitting without a jury, defendants appeal.
The gravamen of the complaint set forth that on June 3, 1962, defendants, while on duty as police officers for the city of Detroit, did arrest and detain plaintiff - without a warrant and without probable cause. The defendants in their answer deny that the arrest was unlawful…
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