Legal Opinion
Savage v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 18, 1947No. 473PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Appellant filed a complaint in the trial court naming as defendants two police officers, Henry H. Miller and Peter M. Zaza-nis, the District of Columbia, and Frederick F. and Mary G. Hundley. He charged that he had been in lawful possession of certain premises and had some personal property therein; that Miller and Zazanis, members, of the District of Columbia Police Department and “agents for the said District of Columbia” forcibly broke open the basement door of the premises and placed the Hund-leys in possession of the house and its contents, including plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Brush v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Calwell v. City of BooneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- District of Columbia v. TottenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925
- Peters v. City of LindsborgSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Wade v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Thomas v. JohnsonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1968
- McCoy v. SandersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Hall v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Adams v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
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