Cecil v. Clarke
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. Action, for malicious prosecution, brought on the 2nd of March 1858, by the appellant against the appellees, seven in number, in the circuit court for Howard county, and removed thence, on suggestion of the plaintiff, to the circuit court for Anne Arundel county, for trial.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. Action, for malicious prosecution, brought on the 2nd of March 1858, by the appellant against the appellees, seven in number, in the circuit court for Howard county, and removed thence, on suggestion of the plaintiff, to the circuit court for Anne Arundel county, for trial. The pleadings are fully stated in the opinion of this court. in the course of the trial, ten exceptions were taken by the plaintiff to the rulings of the court below, (Brewer, J.) Of these, the first, third and fifth were abandoned in argument in this court, and need…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This is an action for malicious prosecution, instituted by the appellant against the appellees. The narr. alleges that the defendants, on the 7th day of August 1857, falsely, maliciously, and without probable cause, caused a warrant against the plaintiff and others to be issued by Samuel Nichols, a justice of the peace in Howard county, under and by virtue of which warrant the plaintiff was arrested and imprisoned in the jail of Howard county, until he was released and discharged by a justice of the peace, and that the said complaint and prosecution are wholly ended and determined before the…
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