Woods v. Harrell

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

This is a suit for damages, by an individual, against three police officers of the City of Chattanooga, based upon alleged false arrest and imprisonment.1 The trial was before a jury, who returned a verdict for the defendants. Plaintiff’s appeal raises as issues the correctness of the instructions to the jury, the refusal of the trial court to charge certain special requested instructions and the court’s failure to direct a verdict on behalf of plaintiff.

On February 18, 1975, plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident which was investigated by defendants, Harrell…