Lansky v. Prettyman

The plaintiff commenced suit against the defendant in the Washtenaw circuit court by filing a declaration alleging, as the basis of recovery, assault and battery, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution. The defendant at the time of the occurrences which gave rise to the action was engaged in conducting a boarding house at Ann Arbor, and had in his employ a man by the name of Van Kaul. Shortly prior to the arrest of plaintiff, defendant missed certain provisions, which the cook told him had been stolen by Van Kaul, and that Van Kaul had endeavored to induce him (the cook) to assist him…