Perry v. Berger

Plaintiff alleges substantially that defendant and one George P. Lewis, agent of and representing defendant, demanded that plaintiff pay to defendant the sum of $200 “as a condition of the defendant not prosecuting the plaintiff for stealing certain cattle which, the defendant, through the said George P. Lewis, alleged that the plain*754tiff had stolen from the defendant”; that plaintiff was greatly “scared” by said threat to have him arrested and prosecuted on a charge of stealing, and requested that he be given time to consult with some of his friends in reference to the demand for said money,…