McMorris v. Howell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
'Appeal, by the defendant, Harri M. Howell, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office ■of the clerk of the county of Suffolk on the 25th day of October, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of November, 1902, denying the ■defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
WoODWABD, J. :
The defendant appeals from a judgment, entered on the verdict of a jury, awarding the plaintiff damages in the sum of $500 and. costs, for two alleged malicious prosecutions and one false imprisonment by the defendant; and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
In the month of March, 1901, John J. Welstead and James E. Jennings were both claiming title to a certain building at Southampton ; the former under á deed delivered to him in March, 1899, by one Read, and the latter under a tax deed from the county treasurer, dated November 14,1900. The…
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