Murphy v. Hobbs
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Weld County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHelm, J.
This is a civil action, brought to recover damages for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Plaintiff procured a verdict, and judgment was duly entered thereon. Defendant prosecutes this appeal and assigns in support thereof numerous errors. The most important of these assignments is one which relates to the measure of damages adopted in the court below.
*542Upon this subject the following instruction was there given: “That the measure of damages in an action for malicious prosecution is not confined alone to actual pecuniary loss sustained by reason thereof; but if it is believed, from…
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