Potter v. Seale
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District. The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
This was an action for a malicious prosecution. In the Court below the plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant appealed. The case was decided by this Court in October, 1855, and the judgment reversed, and the cause remanded. Upon a second trial in the District Court, the plaintiff again recovered, and the defendant again appealed. The case now comes before us with some additional facts, not contained in the previous record.
Public policy and public security alike require that prosecutors should be protected by the law from civil liabilities; except in those cases where the two elements of…
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