Smith v. King
Supreme Court of Connecticut
New Haven & Fairfield Cos., Jan. T., 1893. Andrews, C. J., Carpenter, Torrance, Fenn and Prentice, Js. Action for a malicious prosecution ; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Deming, J. Verdict for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
This action, for a malicious prosecution of the plaintiff, upon a charge of burning a private building, not a dwelling, belonging to the defendant, was tried to a jury in the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed to this court. Many errors, both in relation to evidence and to the charge of the court to the jury, are assigned. We will consider such as are most important as briefly as possible consistently with clearness.
The finding discloses that the parties were the owners of adjacent lands in Seymour; that…
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