Salchert v. Rice

Appellant, plaintiff below, brought this action to recover damages for malicious prosecution. The amended complaint contains two separate causes of action. The first is based on criminal proceedings instituted against plaintiff in a state court, and the second on criminal proceedings instituted against him in a federal court. The district court struck certain allegations from the first cause of action, overruled a demurrer interposed thereto, and sustained a demurrer to the second cause of action. Plaintiff refused to plead further, and the court made an order dismissing the second cause of…