Thompson v. Stoddard

This is an action for false imprisonment. The plaintiff, on the trial, showed that the defendant caused a complaint to be made before a justice of the peace, upon which a warrant issued, and upon which plaintiff was arrested and imprisoned; that the complaint showed no offense, and that the defendant was active in causing the plaintiff’s arrest. The declaration contained two counts. At the conclusion of the testimony, the court ruled that by reason of the fact that the plaintiff *688had put in proof of the complaint and warrant, and had given evidence of the proceedings before the justice, he…