Gee v. State

This case comes before us on a motion by respondent to dismiss the complaint, which charges that claimant, Curtis Gee, was falsely imprisoned by respondent, and damaged thereby in the amount of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00). Respondent contends that claimant has failed to state a cause of action in his complaint.

It is claimant’s contention that the following facts pleaded in the complaint are sufficient to properly state a cause of action for false imprisonment: (1) On May 31, 1939, claimant was arrested, and held by the Chicago police without a warrant, and without a preliininary…