MacEachern v. MacEachern
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered May 6, 1922, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
— Suit based on malicious prosecution. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing the action.
The complaint alleged that, on the 9th day of October, 1917, the plaintiff was in custody of the United States marshal at Seattle, and that on that date, in Seattle, “the defendant, in conspiracy with others, whose names are unknown to the plaintiff, fraudulently, falsely, maliciously and without probable cause, accused this plaintiff of being an insane person and ‘dangerous to be at large,’ by then and there filing in the superior court of King…
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