Fillman v. Ryon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 242, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Tioga Co., Nov. T., 1887, No. 302, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for a wrong done to plaintiff by an executed scheme to extort money from him by means of his arrest.
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Appeal, No. 242, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Tioga Co., Nov. T., 1887, No. 302, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for a wrong done to plaintiff by an executed scheme to extort money from him by means of his arrest. The case was referred to S. F. Channell as referee under the local act of Feb. 28, 1870, P. L. 219. The referee reported the facts to be as follows: “ From the evidence produced, the referee finds that this claim arose from a transaction which occurred on the 23d day of April, 1886. The action was commenced on the 31st day of October, A.…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The defendant and two other persons were sued as co-conspirators in an executed scheme to extort money from the plaintiff by means of his arrest and detention on the charge of embezzlement. This sufficiently appears from the declaration filed in the case. More than six years after the cause of action arose the declaration was amended so as to remove therefrom the element of conspiracy, and the case was so proceeded in that it resulted in a judgment against the present defendant for the money alleged to have been extorted from the plaintiff, and in a judgment in…
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