Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Marion County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 9, 2002No. 01-1154PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
Authorities in Marion County arrested the wrong man for writing a bad cheek. The innocent victim reacted to this outrage by suing the wrong defendants. This is an appeal from summary judgment dismissing the suit. We affirm.
The plaintiff, Darrell Chester Thomas, is the father of Darrell Lee Thomas, Father and son live at the same address. Darrell Lee wrote a check on insufficient funds to defendant Fareway Stores, Inc. When Darrell Lee failed to make reparations, Fareway filed a complaint with the Marion County attorney, correctly naming Darrell Lee as the writer of the check and correctly…
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