Legal Opinion
Riegel v. Hygrade Seed Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 13, 1942No. 1139PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
This is a suit to recover damages for the alleged unlawful and malicious arrest and detention of the plaintiff. It is claimed that the defendant Hygrade Seed Company and the defendant George Ostrander in or about the month of September, 1940, directed an employee, one Warren O’dell, to make a complaint before a Justice of the Peace in Pennsylvania charging this plaintiff with the commission of a crime of obtaining money under false pretenses and fraudulent conversion; that this charge was made maliciously and without reasonable or probable cause; that thereafter the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Snead v. . BonnoilNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Swart v. . RickardNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Johnston v. BruckheimerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- McCaskey v. GarrettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1902
- Gilbert v. SatterleeNew York Supreme Court · 1904
3Cited by4 opinions
- Forgione v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
- Wilson v. EberleDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1954
- Dreskin v. ZinkinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- Allen V. Smith, Inc. v. Philadelphia Brewing Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946