Norris v. City of Birmingham

BRADLEY, Judge.

On May 14, 1982 Jessie Norris, an inmate at Holman Prison, filed a complaint in the Jefferson County Circuit Court against two Birmingham policemen and the City of Birmingham. Norris alleged that he was arrested by the defendants and that the defendants took and converted certain articles of his personal property valued in excess of $4,000. He requested that the court order the defendants to return the property or pay him the value of this property.

The defendants, in a motion for summary judgment and in their answer, contended that plaintiff failed to allege in his pleadings…