Beaumier v. Provensal

This is an action of trespass on the case for malicious prosecution which was tried before a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $2485. The defendant duly filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied by the trial justice upon the filing in court by the plaintiff of a remittitur of all of said verdict in excess of $1500. To this decision, the defendant took an exception, which, together with several other exceptions taken during the trial, forms the basis of the bill of exceptions which the defendant has duly prosecuted to this…