Case Name: Nicholas Dakis, Respondent, et al., Plaintiff, v. City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1957-02-14
Citations: 8 Misc. 2d 581
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nicholas Dakis, Respondent, et al., Plaintiff, v. City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: Hecht, Aurelio and Tilzer, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 581–582

Head Matter:
Nicholas Dakis, Respondent, et al., Plaintiff, v. City of New York, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
February 14, 1957.
Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel (Seymour B. Quel and Eugene J. Keefe of counsel), for appellant.
Robert Citasen for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The warrant was issued at a time when plaintiff was knowingly in default in the payment of his fine. The payment of the fine after the issuance of the warrant did not render the warrant void. The arresting officer was a mere ministerial employee confronted with a directive for the arrest of the plaintiff and in obeying it he did not subject himself or the municipality to an action for false arrest and imprisonment. (Nastasi v. State of New York, 275 App. Div. 534, affd. 300 N. Y. 473; Fishbein v. State of New York, 204 Misc. 151, affd. 282 App. Div. 600; see, also, Vittorio v. St. Regis Paper Co., 239 N. Y. 148; Mudge v. State of New York, 271 App. Div. 1039.)
The judgment should be reversed, with $30 costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.
Hecht, Aurelio and Tilzer, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.