Gendron v. Hovey

The defendant sued the plaintiff, and caused him to be arrested upon the writ. The suit was entered in court at the return term by title only,’ the defendant (plaintiff in that suit) claiming that the writ was lost. At a subsequent term of court, the suit, by agreement of counsel was entered “Neither party, no further action, same cause.” Afterward the plaintiff brought this action for an abuse of legal process, in the former proceedings. It now comes to this court upon an agreed statement, in which the sole question to be determined is whether the entry upon the docket in the former case of…