Reade v. Halpin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William J. Halpin and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Rensselaer Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 2d day of June, 1917, denying their motion for a dismissal of the complaint after the jury had disagreed as to a recovery by plaintiff against them.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
This is an action for malicious prosecution against three defendants. At the trial the jury rendered a verdict in favor of one defendant and reported a disagreement as to the other two, who are the appellants herein. They immediately moved to dismiss the complaint on grounds stated by them in making similar motions during the trial at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, and on the additional ground that on the complaint and verdict in favor of the other defendant, no damages could be recovered against them, it being argued that a verdict…
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