Lippert v. State

Lambíase, J.

This claim has been filed against the State of New York to recover damages for the alleged false arrest and unlawful imprisonment of, and for the alleged assault upon claimant by the State of New York, acting through its duly authorized State troopers.'

Late in the evening of August 22, 1953, claimant was driving easterly on Route 17 at a point approximately four miles west of the village of Allegany, New York. At said point he was stopped by two New York State troopers in a patrol car, and he was asked to exhibit to them his driver’s license and his automobile registration. He had…