McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. v. Willan

Ames, O.

This is an action to recover damages for malicious prosecution. The facts, to the extent that a recital of them is deemed requisite for the purpose of this opinion, are disclosed, practically without dispute, in the record, as follows : The plaintiff in error had in its possession certain notes executed to it by the defendant in error and another, and from whi ch it was contended by the defendant in .error that he had, for a valuable consideration, been released, by an agreement between the parties, and upon which, otherwise, an action ivas barred by the statute of limitations. Well…