Armstrong v. James & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Poweshiek District Court. — Hon. B. "W. Preston, Judge. Action to recover a sum of money paid under duress. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff claims that defendants by fraud and duress and threats of imprisonment induced her to pay them the sum of $92, which amount she seeks to recover in this action. Defendants interposed a general denial, and also pleaded that the amount paid them was by way of settlement of a debt justly due them from plaintiff. Some time after suit was commenced one of defendants, to wit, Elias James, filed a counterclaim against the plaintiff for maliciously prosecuting him for the crime ■ of maliciously threatening to accuse plaintiff of a crime. It is alleged that the prosecution ended with an…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Watson v. Minneapolis Street-Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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