Higlister v. French
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for malicious prosecution and slander. Writ dated July 81,1899. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000; and the defendant alleged a single exception, which is stated by the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This was an action of tort for malicious prosecution and slander. The plaintiff had a verdict, and the defendant comes here on an exception to the admission of evidence.
The defendant had made a complaint against the plaintiff, charging him with having stolen three rings and $1,900 ; he was bound over, indicted, and on trial acquitted, and then brought this action.
*300The trial of the action in the case at bar apparently came down to a contest as to which party to the suit was to be believed. The plaintiff’s story was that he was at one time employed as an indoor servant in the defendant’s house,…
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