Case Name: William L. STARKENSTEIN and Lydia Starkenstein, husband and wife, Appellants, v. CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, a municipal corporation, and Hugh Bethea and Lee Carrier, individually, and as police officers of the City of Daytona Beach, Florida, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1969-12-16
Citations: 229 So. 2d 274
Docket Number: No. L-337
Parties: William L. STARKENSTEIN and Lydia Starkenstein, husband and wife, Appellants, v. CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, a municipal corporation, and Hugh Bethea and Lee Carrier, individually, and as police officers of the City of Daytona Beach, Florida, Appellees.
Judges: JOHNSON, C. J., and WIGGINTON and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 229
Pages: 274–275

Head Matter:
William L. STARKENSTEIN and Lydia Starkenstein, husband and wife, Appellants, v. CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, a municipal corporation, and Hugh Bethea and Lee Carrier, individually, and as police officers of the City of Daytona Beach, Florida, Appellees.
No. L-337.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.
Dec. 16, 1969.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 14, 1970.
J. Russell Hornsby, Orlando, and David Neuwirth, New York City, for appellants.
Green & Strasser, Daytona Beach, and W. J. Oven, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This appeal questions the correctness of a summary final judgment rendered in favor of appellees.
The principal point argued in opposition to and support of the judgment appealed relates to whether the pleadings, depositions and other evidence in the file create a genuine issue of a material fact with respect to the absence of probable cause for the arrest of plaintiffs by the police officers employed by defendant city. The necessity of establishing the absence of probable cause as a predicate for recovery is admitted. A careful examination of the record on appeal fails to disclose any evidence creating a genuine triable issue relative to the absence of probable cause. Ap-pellees were entitled to judgment as a matter of law so the judgment appealed is affirmed.
JOHNSON, C. J., and WIGGINTON and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.
. Tatum Bros. Real Estate & Investment Co. v. Watson (1926), 92 Fla. 278, 109 So. 623.
. Kodel v. City National Bank of Coral Gables (Fla.App.1969), 223 So.2d 390; Gallucci v. Milavic (Fla.1958), 100 So.2d 375, 68 A.L.R.2d 1164; Goldstein v. Sabella, (Fla.1956), 88 So.2d 910, 58 A.L.R.2d 1418.
. Florida State Turnpike Authority v. Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. (Fla.App.1963), 156 So.2d 198.