Griffin v. Farwell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass on the.Case. The plaintiff declared as follows;— “ For that, to wit, on or about the first day of May, 1845, at West- ‘ haven in the county of Rutland, the defendant, without any cause of ‘ action, prayed out a writ of attachment in his favor against the plain- ‘ tiff, in due form of law, signed by William C. Kittridge, justice of ‘ the peace in and for the county of Rutland aforesaid, and return a- ‘ ble before said justice Kittridge, at Westhaven aforesaid; on the…
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Trespass on the.Case. The plaintiff declared as follows;— “ For that, to wit, on or about the first day of May, 1845, at West- ‘ haven in the county of Rutland, the defendant, without any cause of ‘ action, prayed out a writ of attachment in his favor against the plain- ‘ tiff, in due form of law, signed by William C. Kittridge, justice of ‘ the peace in and for the county of Rutland aforesaid, and return a- ‘ ble before said justice Kittridge, at Westhaven aforesaid; on the ‘ second day of June, 1845 ; and afterwards, to wit, on or about the ‘ fifteenth day of May, 1845, the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
*153The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hall, J.
This action is perhaps of new impression; but that, of itself, is no objection to sustaining it. The action on the case is peculiarly adapted to the redress of injuries arising from any new relations, in which parties may be placed by the varying changes in society and business, whether arising from statutory provisions, or otherwise. It is held to lie, in general, where one man sustains an injury by the misconduct of another, for which the law has provided no other adequate remedy. Ashley v. White, Ld. Raym. 38. Chapman v. Pickersgill, 2 Wils.…
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