Legal Opinion
McCarter v. City of Florence
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 14, 1927No. 8 Div. 904PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON,,C. J.
It seems to be well settled by the decisions of this and most of the other states that a municipality is not responsible for the acts of its officers, agents, or servants in making false arrests or for instituting- a malicious prosecution. 5 McQuillin on Municipal Corporations, § 2431, and many cases cited in notes 15 and 16, page 5064; Hillman v. City of Anniston, 214 Ala. 522, 108 So. 540, 46 A. L. R. 89; Dargan v. Mobile, 31 Ala. 469, 70 Am. Dec. 505. It has been held that a town was not liable in an action for false imprisonment, either by reason of having adopted an…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dargan v. Mayor of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Trammell v. Town of RussellvilleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1879
- Hillman v. City of AnnistonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Gambill v. SchmuckSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- State ex rel. McLaurin v. McDanielMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Jackson v. City of FlorenceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Franklin v. City of HuntsvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- Neighbors v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
- City of Bay Minette v. QUINELYSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Boyette v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
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