Connelly v. White
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson District Court. — Hon. W. F. Brannan, Judge. Action to recover damages for the malicious prosecution of a civil action aided by attachment. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The defendant in this case instituted against the plaintiff in this case an action before a justice of the peace to recover damages for breach of contract, in which it was alleged that the defendant in the action before the justice of the peace was about to remove his property out of the state without leaving sufficient remaining for the payment of his debts, and asking on that ground the issuance of a writ of attachment, which writ was duly issued by the justice, and levied on the property of defendant in that action. The judgment in the justice’s court was against the plaintiff in that…
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