Moore v. Thompson

This is an action for slander and false imprisonment. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant brings error.

It is first claimed that trespass on the case for false imprisonment cannot be joined with case for slander. •Since the statute (How. Stat. § 7759), trespass on the case lies for false imprisonment as well as for slander, and we think no valid objection exists to joining the two in one action. Bellant v. Brown, 78 Mich. 294; Long v. Wayne Circuit Judge, 27 Id. 164; Miles v. Oldfield, 4 Yeates, 427; Krug v. Ward, 77 Ill. 603; Blalock v. Randall, 76 Id. 228. See, also, 1 Chit. Pl. 199.

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