Josselyn v. McAllister
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Hillsdale Circuit;. This was an action on the case brought by George L. McAllister in the Circuit Court for the County of Hillsdale against Homer E. Josselyn, for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
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Error to Hillsdale Circuit;. This was an action on the case brought by George L. McAllister in the Circuit Court for the County of Hillsdale against Homer E. Josselyn, for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The declaration contained two counts for false imprisonment and assault, and two for maliftous prosecutions at the suit of the Singer Manufacturing Company; averring an arrest in each suit by a capias, upon which an order holding to bail was indorsed, founded upon an affidavit made by Josselyn, — one on the 26th day of May, 1869, and the other on the 21st day of July, 1869. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, Ch. J.
The action below was for false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution, the injuries complained of having been two successive arrests, on what was claimed to have been an insufficient showing in law. The counts for malicious prosecution having been otherwise disposed of, the case went to the jury on the counts for false imprisonment, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff below, and is now removed into this court for review.- The, errors complained of, although the number of assignments is considerable, d'o not involve many different questions, and may be disposed of…
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