Koury v. John Meyer of Norwich

PARKER, Judge.

Summary judgments dismissing plaintiff’s claim for false imprisonment were properly entered. The order of Judge Falls under which plaintiff was arrested, although erroneous, was not void, and it protects against an action for false imprisonment both the officer who made the arrest and the defendants who procured the order to be entered. Bryan v. Stewart, 123 N.C. 92, 31 S.E. 286 (1898); Tucker v. Davis, 77 N.C. 330 (1877).

Summary judgments were also properly entered dismissing plaintiff’s claim for abuse of process. “Abuse of process consists in the malicious misuse or…