Cramer v. Aiken

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises' a question of pleading, particularly with reference to the allegations of a plea alleged to be in violation of the rule against the use of negatives pregnant in pleadings.

The action was brought to recover damages because of alleged malicious prosecution and false arrest. The first count of the declaration is sufficiently illustrative of the present issue. It reads as follows:

“First Count: The plaintiff, James Cram-er, sues the defendant, Ernest Aiken, for that on, to wit, February 3rd, 1981, the said defendant in the city of Washington, District of…