Legal Opinion

Lark v. Bande

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 12, 1877PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. To make the party making the charge to the officer liable,- it is not necessary that he should have requested the arrest. — Secor v. Babcock, 2 Johns. 203; Davis v. Noah, 2 Eng. C. L. 434; Milton v. Elmore, 19 Eng. C. L. 470; Morrey v. Miller, 3 Leigh, 561; Hicham v. Griffin, 6 Mo. 37; Both v. Smith, 41 111. 314; 8 Mo. 340; 48 Mo. 533.

1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.

The petition in this case, in substance, alleges that plaintiff, being at a date stated a citizen of good name and fame, the defendant, maliciously contriving to bring him into public scandal and infamy, and to injure him, caused plaintiff to be arrested without a warrant, on a charge of passing counterfeit money, and to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours in a common jail; that defendant had no probable cause for the *187charge, and made it maliciously ; tbat such further proceedings were had that plaintiff was brought before a committing magistrate, and arraigned for the felony; and proof being…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brown v. ChadseyNew York Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Mayberry v. KellySupreme Court of Kansas · 1862
  3. Huggins v. TolerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1866

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Birwood Paper Company v. DamskySupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  2. Snider v. WimberlySupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
  3. Wehrman v. Liberty Petroleum CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
  4. Burnham v. Collateral Loan Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  5. Veneman v. JonesIndiana Supreme Court · 1889

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