Chapman v. Dodd
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought iu the-Fillmore County District Court for malicious prosecution. Issue was joined therein, and the cause was tried at the December term, 1863, and resulted in a verdict in favor-of plaintiff for $1,500. During the trial various exceptions were taken to the admission of testimony, both by the plaintiff and defendant, and also an exception by the defendant to the charge of the Judge.
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This action was brought iu the-Fillmore County District Court for malicious prosecution. Issue was joined therein, and the cause was tried at the December term, 1863, and resulted in a verdict in favor-of plaintiff for $1,500. During the trial various exceptions were taken to the admission of testimony, both by the plaintiff and defendant, and also an exception by the defendant to the charge of the Judge. Upon the reception of the verdict, the defendant moved for a new trial upon the following grounds, viz : First, excessive damages appearing to have been given under the influence of passion…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
McMillan, J.
— This is an appeal from an order of the District Court denying a motion for a new trial. The action was brought in the Court below, for malicious prosecutions. The complaint contains two causes of action. The first alleges a prosecution by the defendant Dodd, against the plaintiff, before C. W. French, a Justice of the Peace, for the crime of sodomy. The second count alleges a prosecution before II. G. Reppy, a Justice of the Peace, for the crime of an attempt to commit sodomy. Each prosecution is alleged to have been malicious and without probable cause, and in…
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