Hickox v. J. B. Morin Agency, Inc.

Plaintiff brought suit against the defendants seeking damages on four counts: (1) false arrest or imprisonment, ( 2 ) malicious prosecution, ( 3 ) debt for $ 500, ( 4 ) slander. The Trial Court (Dunjey, J.) directed a verdict for the plaintiff on the count for false arrest or imprisonment. The jury as - sessed damages for false arrest in the amount of $ 10,000 and returned a verdict for the defendants on the three other counts. Exceptions of the defendants in the false arrest count and of the plaintiff in the malicious prosecution count were reserved and transferred by the trial court.

In 1962…