Francis v. Wood
Supreme Court of Georgia
Libel. Actions. Torts. Perjury. Malicious Arrest. False Imprisonment. Malicious Prosecution. Practice in Superior Court. Demurrer. Verdict. Before Judge Clarke. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1884. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The declaration contained four counts. One set out that defendant had libelled plaintiff in an affidavit sworn out before a magistrate, falsely charging her with perjury. The others were for malicious arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment, under the warrant, which issued on this affidavit. Several defences were set up, and upon the declaration and pleas, and the evidence adduced on the trial, the plaintiff recovered damages. A motion was made for a new trial, on various grounds, and was overruled.*
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