Stevens v. Fassett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ExceptioNS by the defendant from the district court, Goodenow J. presiding. The action was for a malicious prosecution. The case will be sufficiently understood from the opinion in this Court, the ruling of the Judge in the district court, and requests for instruction by defendant’s counsel. The rulings of the District Judge, and the requests for instruction, by the counsel for the defendant, are thus stated in the exceptions.
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ExceptioNS by the defendant from the district court, Goodenow J. presiding. The action was for a malicious prosecution. The case will be sufficiently understood from the opinion in this Court, the ruling of the Judge in the district court, and requests for instruction by defendant’s counsel. The rulings of the District Judge, and the requests for instruction, by the counsel for the defendant, are thus stated in the exceptions. “ The Court instructed the jury, that it must appear to their satisfaction, that the prosecution complained of by the plaintiff in his writ, was malicious and without…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, Whitman- C. J. not taking any part in the decision, not having been present at the argument, was drawn up by
Tenney J.
This was an action for a malicious prosecution on account of the defendant’s having upon his own complaint, obtained two warrants against the plaintiff, for an assault and battery upon one Calvin Fassett. Dexter Merrill was teaching a school in the town of Freeman, Calvin Fassett, an inhabitant of the district, more than twenty-one years of age, came as a scholar, and was received by the teacher as such. He was permitted by the latter at a particular…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Blunt v. LittleU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1822
3Cited by12 opinions
- Vinal v. CoreWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
- Zanders v. Louisiana State Board of EducationDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1968
- State v. FlickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- Board of Education v. PurseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Merchant v. PielkeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1900
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