Cox v. Lauritsen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action ■ in the district court for Lincoln county against Marcus Lauritsen, H. H. Baldwin and Thiel Detective Service Co. to recover $30,200 for malicious prosecution. The answer was a general denial. The case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict for $10,000 in favor of plaintiff. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was granted. From the judgment of $750.99-for costs and disbursements, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution. He recovered a verdict against defendant Lanritsen but not against the other defendants; thereafter, the trial court directed judgment in favor of defendant Lauritsen notwithstanding the verdict. Such judgment was duly entered and plaintiff appealed therefrom. The only parties before this court are plaintiff and defendant Lauritsen.
While the record is voluminous, filling two printed volumes, the questions presented are few and simple. Plaintiff and defendant now are, and for many years have been,…
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