Harker v. Clark

Myrick, J. :

The complaint avers, that defendant’s intestate in his lifetime, without probable cause, commenced a suit against plaintiff, and procured an order for the issuance of a writ for the arrest, detention, and imprisonment of the plaintiff Mary A. Barker, by virtue of which writ she was arrested and imprisoned until such arrest and imprisonment was adjudged to be without authority of law; and that in procuring her release she was compelled to and did employ an attorney, and paid him for his services therein $500. The complaint also avers the death of the intestate, the appointment of…