Antcliff v. June
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson. (Peck, J.) Case for malicious prosecution and malicious abuse of process. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The pretended claim for services in getting a wife for Antcliff was illegal and void, and an action could not be maintained on it, even if there had been a contract for such services.
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Error to Jackson. (Peck, J.) Case for malicious prosecution and malicious abuse of process. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The pretended claim for services in getting a wife for Antcliff was illegal and void, and an action could not be maintained on it, even if there had been a contract for such services. Defendants knew this, or should have known it; hence there was want of probable cause for bringing and maintaining the suit; citing Eastin v. Bank, 66 Cal. 123. 2. In support of the claim that the service of the summons gave the justice no jurisdiction, counsel cited How. Stat. §§…
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
This record presents the story of a most outrageous and wicked fraud, committed upon the plaintiff by an abuse of the processes of the law, and one deserving of severe punishment. The chief defendant, J. Eeid Crowell, is said to be an attorney at law, and resides at Brooklyn, Jackson county, in this State.
The story, briefly told, is this: The defendant Eandy June pretended to have a claim of $50 against the plaintiff, an old man over 60 years of age, and a farmer, living in the township of Manchester, Washtenaw county, which township adjoins the township of Norvell, in Jackson county, where…
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