Legal Opinion

Hatch v. . Cohen

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 5, 1881PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Civil Action for damages for a malicious prosecution' tried at December Special Term, 1880, of Lenoib. Superior Court, before Seymour, J. Judgment for plaintiff, appeal by defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, J.

The plaintiff in this action sues the defendant for having maliciously prosecuted him on a charge of burglary, and on the trial below several exceptions were taken for the defendant who is the appellant, but as only one has been insisted on in this court it is neediess to state more of the case than is sufficient to present the point.

In his complaint the plaintiff alleged that after a bill of indictment for burglary had been found against him on his oath a.nd at the instance of the defendant, a nolle prosequi had been entered by the solicitor with the consent of the presiding judge and at the…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pitts v. Village Inn Pizza, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
  2. Dickerson v. . Refining Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  3. Johnson v. . FinchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
  4. Wilkinson v. . WilkinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  5. Taylor v. . HodgeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948

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