Legal Opinion

Cottrell v. Cottrell

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1890No. 14,591PublishedCited by 14 opinions

From the Henry Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtBerkshire, J.

— This was an action for malicious prosecution. There was a jury trial, and a verdict and judgment for the appellee.

The errors assigned are: " 1. The court erred in overruling the demurrer to the complaint. 2. In overruling the motion for a new trial.

We will only notice the question to which our attention is called by the appellant’s brief. We think the complaint stated a cause of action. It charges that the appellant maliciously, and without probable cause, procured the appellee to be arrested on a warrant and brought before a justice of the.peace having jurisdiction in the premises, upon a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Co. v. WeddleIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Martin v. PiferIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Simpson v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  2. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. DixonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1911
  3. Hutchinson v. WenzelIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Helwig v. BecknerIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Treloar v. HarrisIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917

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