Berger v. Village of Seneca Falls

The plaintiff herein seeks damages from the Village of Seneca Falls for two causes of action based on false arrest and false imprisonment and for a third based on malicious prosecution. The facts, briefly, are these. On March 8, 1953 at about 10:30 p.m., plaintiff was arrested by two members of the police force of the Village of Seneca Falls. The charge was disorderly conduct, and the arrest was made without a warrant although plaintiff’s complaint alleges that no act constituting the offense was committed in the presence of the arresting officers. The first cause of action is based on these…