Bozman v. City of Buffalo

This is an action instituted against the City of Buffalo for false arrest. The plaintiff, Mitt Bozeman, had for a number of years rented a portion of the premises located at 178 Peach Street in the City of Buffalo which consisted of a garage where he carried on a part-time business as an auto mechanic. For a period of approximately three months prior to May 6, 1966, Bozeman had an arrangement with a man named Peter Rudolph under the terms of which Rudolph kept some tools on the premises and performed mechanical work.

On or about Saturday of May 7, 1966, Bozeman discovered that the premises had…