Sidelinger v. Trowbridge
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiff. This is an action on the case for malicious prosecution of the plaintiff by the defendant. The plea was the general-issue, with brief statement alleging settlement. At the April term, 1915, of the Supreme Judicial Court the case was heard, and at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, the presiding Justice directed a non-suit; to which ruling, the plaintiff excepted. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action for malicious prosecution, and is before the court on the plaintiff’s exceptions to an order of non-suit. The action grew out of a controversy oyer real estate.
The plaintiff had been twice arrested, and says that for such damages as he may have sustained, settlement between the parties had been made, but he was again arrested for trespass, and this last arrest is the basis of the present suit.
The record shows that on September 25, 1912, the plaintiff was arrested on a warrant issued by the recorder of the Police Court of the City of Rockland; that on October 5th following he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McLellan v. Cumberland BankSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1845
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