Sparrow v. Vermont Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action ok Tort for the malicious prosecution of a civil suit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1919, Washington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Both parties excepted. The opinion states the case. On the question of exemplary damages, the actual wealth of the defendant may be shown.
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Action ok Tort for the malicious prosecution of a civil suit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1919, Washington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Both parties excepted. The opinion states the case. On the question of exemplary damages, the actual wealth of the defendant may be shown. Rea v. Harrington, 58 Vt. 188; McCarty v. Miskeen, 22 Minn. 20; Peck v. Small, 35 Minn. 466; Webb v. Gilman, 80 Me. 177; Frye V. Bennett, 4 Duer, 247. When the question of exemplary damages is not in the case, reference to the financial situation of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
In 1903, Harriet A. Bailey, late of Montpelier, brought suit against the defendant to recover certain funds deposited by and for her in the defendant’s bank. This action was returnable to the Washington county court, wherein it was continued from term to term until 1906, when Mrs. Bailey, in order to secure information regarding -the deposits, started proceedings for taking the depositions of the officers and trustees of the Bank. Thereupon, the Bank brought a bill in chancery in Wind-ham County against Mrs. Bailey, and therein secured a temporary injunction restraining her from taking the…
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