Brown v. Plant

QUINN, Associate Judge.

In August 1956 appellant filed a complaint in the United States District Court against appellee Plant, an operator of a beauty salon in a local hotel, and two members of the Metropolitan Police Department. The gist of appellant’s claim was that she was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned during an attempt to find a diamond ring missing from a cash register in the salon. Appellant was employed by the hotel and assigned to clean the premises in which the cash register was located. In February 1958, pursuant to an order of the District Court, the case was certified to the…