Penney v. Warren

This is an action on the case, charging that the defendant wrongfully, maliciously, and without probable cause therefor, prosecuted an attachment suit against the plaintiff, under which his goods were seized 'and removed from his home. The writ of attachment was sued out by the instant defendant, “J. E. Penney, trustee,” for the collection of $28 alleged to be due from the instant plaintiff for rent of a dwelling house owned by Penney’s principal.

The proceeding was begun in the municipal court, whence it was appealed to the circuit court, where it was tried by a jury, with a verdict and…