Teal v. Fissel

To render a prosecutor (one who makes information on which a warrant of arrest for crime is grounded) liable to suit, either in trespass for false imprisonment, or case for malicious prosecution, he must be guilty of some wrong towards the party arrested. The policy of the law forbids that he shall be held responsible except under such circumstances. In an action for malicious prosecution it must appear that he was actuated by malice, without probable cause; and in an action for false imprisonment it must appear that he was guilty of some improper conduct, connecting him with the unlawful…