State ex rel. Phillips v. Second Judicial District Court

*27By the Court,

Sanders, C. J.:

Melvin F. Phillips, a citizen of this state, sued Thomas Ginocchio and D. F. Capps, police officers of the city of Reno, to recover the sum of $10,000 as damages for his *28alleged unlawful arrest and imprisonment. Upon the request of plaintiff the court set the case for trial before a jury on the 17th day of January, 1922. Thereafter, on, to wit, the 12th day of that month, the plaintiff made a motion for leave to further prosecute his action in forma pauperis. His motion was based on his affidavit, stating, in addition to his declaration of poverty, that he had a…