Brown v. Selfridge
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover damages for malicious prosecution. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
This case comes here on appeal from a judgment for appellee, Thomas O. Selfridge, in the supreme court of the District, on a verdict directed by the court.
On the 26th of December, 1907, appellee, defendant be'low, appeared in the police court of the District and made oath that “twelve curtains of the value of $300, * * * of the goods and chattels of said Thomas O. Selfridge, have, with*244in 200 days last past, by some person or persons unknown, being feloniously stolen, taken, and carried away out of possession of tbe said Thomas in the District and county aforesaid, and that the said Thomas…
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