Haskins v. Ralston

Plaintiff recovered judgment in the circuit court for the county of Ionia against defendants for $266 damages. His grievance consisted in being arrested and confined for about 13 days on a charge of forgery, from which he was finally discharged on the preliminary examination. A chief question presented to us is whether the suit was for malicious prosecution or false imprisonment. A subordinate question is whether the warrant issued by the examining magistrate to bring the plaintiff before him for examination was void. When the case went to the jury, the court below held it was a suit for…