Doty v. Hurd

In July, 1897, the defendant made and swore to a complaint, in which it was charged that the plaintiff in this case did willfully and maliciously disturb the peace of the village of Metamora, Lapeer county. A warrant was issued upon this complaint by a justice of the peace, and placed in the hands of an officer, and upon which the plaintiff was arrested, and confined in the Metamora jail for a brief period. On a trial before the justice he was discharged. He then brought this action for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment against *672the defendant here, and recovered a verdict and…