Thomas v. Frost

Plaintiff, in 'his complaint, alleged that defendant maliciously and without probable cause charged him with having committed perjury during the trial of an action in the district court of Box Elder county, Utah, whereupon a warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was arrested, kept in custody for one day, and obliged to give bail in the sum of $1,000; that on the preliminary examination before the committing magistrate he was “fully acquitted” and discharged, and prayed for damages in the sum of $50,852.

Defendant, in his answer, admitted that he charged the plaintiff with perjury as…