Frisbie v. Morris
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for treble damages for a vexatious suit resulting in the appointment of a conservator over the plaintiff, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, where judgment was rendered (Shumway, J.) for the defendants, upon the plaintiff’s admissions in his reply to the defendants’ answer, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
The statute (Rev. 1902, § 1105) provides, that if any person shall commence and prosecute any suit or complaint against another, “ without probable cause, and with a malicious intent unjustly to vex and trouble him, he shall pay him treble damages.” This statute appears to have been first enacted in 1672 (Rev. of 1808, p. 671), and with some changes in phraseology has formed part of our law ever since.
The present action is brought upon this statute. The complaint sets forth, in paragraph one, the following facts: “ On July 2d, 1900, the defendants brought an application against the plaintiff…
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