Legal Opinion
Welch v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 5, 1942No. 30163PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavison, J.
This is an action by Edgar Welch, a resident of this state, as plaintiff, against Grace Simmons and Harry M. Schriver, both nonresidents of this state, as defendants, to recover damages for an asserted tort alleged to have been committed in Illinois.
The plaintiff is seeking damages, compensatory and exemplary, in the sum of $2,900 for having been (as he avers) wrongfully arrested, illegally imprisoned, and maliciously prosecuted in Rock Island county, 111., at the instance of the defendants.
At the time the action was instituted a garnishment summons was issued to the Illinois Oil Company, a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- De Hasque v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
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3Cited by9 opinions
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