Stewart v. Cooley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the court of common pleas of Hennepin county, against the defendant Cooley, judge of the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis, the defend•ant Davenport, clerk of that court, and others.
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This action was brought in the court of common pleas of Hennepin county, against the defendant Cooley, judge of the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis, the defend•ant Davenport, clerk of that court, and others. In his complaint, the plaintiff, after stating that he is an attorney•nt-law, etc., and has always borne a good reputation, etc., alleges that the defendants, contriving and maliciously Intending to injure him, etc., on October 7, 1875, at the •city of Minneapolis, “wilfully and maliciously conspired •together to cause said plaintiff to be charged with, complained of, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
Eliminating from the complaint the averments “ that defendants, on, etc., at, etc., wilfully and maliciously conspired together to cause the said plaintiff to be charged with, complained of, and arrested and imprisoned for, the crime of perjury, as hereinafter set forth, and that, in pursuance of the said conspiracy,” the thereinafter recited acts were done, we find no difficulty whatever in agreeing with the court below that no cause of action is stated against the defendant Cooley.
*350The reception of .the complaint, the issue of a warrant thereon, the decision upon its sufficiency, and refusal…
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- Weaver v. DevendorfNew York Supreme Court · 1846
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