Legal Opinion
Hall v. Field Enterprises, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1953No. 1292PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
This was a suit claiming damages for an alleged abuse of civil process. The complaint (to which we shall presently refer in greater detail) charged that defendants (plaintiff and its attorney in the prior suit)' wrongfully and falsely filed a suit against Hall, plaintiff in this case, for breach of a contract which he had not signed, and illegally and wrongfully pursued the case to judgment and caused his wages to be attached. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the complaint did not state a cause of action. As a part of their motion, defendants…
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