Zinkfein v. W. T. Grant Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, with a declaration in three counts. Writ dated October 23, 1916. The first count of the declaration was as follows: “And the plaintiff says that she is a person of good fame and credit, yet the defendant by its servants and agents, . . . wickedly contriving and maliciously intending to injure the plaintiff, destroy her character and reputation and expose her to trouble did falsely and maliciously accuse without any just and probable cause, that she had stolen certain…
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Tort, with a declaration in three counts. Writ dated October 23, 1916. The first count of the declaration was as follows: “And the plaintiff says that she is a person of good fame and credit, yet the defendant by its servants and agents, . . . wickedly contriving and maliciously intending to injure the plaintiff, destroy her character and reputation and expose her to trouble did falsely and maliciously accuse without any just and probable cause, that she had stolen certain merchandise from its store, whereupon it caused her to be arrested and she was arrested by means of said false and…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
The declaration is in three counts, two of which are now involved. The record gives no information concerning the disposition made of the third count, which is for slander.
The first count avers that, although the plaintiff was innocent, the defendant falsely, maliciously, and without probable cause accused her of the theft of merchandise from its store, whereupon it caused her to be arrested and imprisoned on said charge, without the prior making of any complaint or the issuanc'e of any warrant authorizing her detention; and that she was discharged from arrest without.having been brought…
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