Stainer v. San Luis Valley Land & Mining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error seeks a review of a judgment of the Circuit Court directing a verdict for the defendant on an inspection of the pleadings by the court. The verdict was directed and judgment entered because in the opinion of the court the complaint failed to state a cause of action.' The action was for malicious prosecution. The complaint alleged in substance and effect that defendant, the San Ruis Valley I,and & Mining Company, mali*222ciously and without any reasonable or probable cause procured the issuance of a warrant by a justice of the peace and caused plaintiff to…
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