Hobbs v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cherokee District Court. — W. D. Boies, Judge. Action to recover damages for false arrest and for malicious prosecution of the plaintiff, by the defendant and its agents. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and the defendants appeal. —
1Per curiam
— I. The petition, which was originally in a single count, charged the defendant railway company and two of its alleged servants, who are also made defendants, with having falsely arrested the plaintiff for disorderly conduct; that they thereafter, maliciously and without probable cause, caused an information to be filed before a police judge in the city of Fort Dodge, and thereafter again caused plaintiff’s arrest; that the case was prosecuted to judgment before the police judge, resulting in his finding the plaintiff guilty; that plaintiff thereupon prosecuted an *319appeal to the district…
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