Busteed v. Parsons
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from City Court of Montgomery. Tried before P. T. Sayre, Esq., an attorney of tbe court, selected by tbe parties on account of tbe incompetency of tbe presiding judge.
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Appeal from City Court of Montgomery. Tried before P. T. Sayre, Esq., an attorney of tbe court, selected by tbe parties on account of tbe incompetency of tbe presiding judge. Tbe appellee, Lewis E. Parsons, brought bis action of trespass against Bicbard Busteed, tbe appellant, to recover two hundred and fifty thousand dollars damages of tbe latter, for “maliciously and without probable cause therefor, causing tbe plaintiff to be arrested and imprisoned, on a charge of banding and conspiring with one Lazarus J. Williams and others to deprive one William H. Hunter of bis right as a member of…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
Appellant was sued in this action of trespass for “ maliciously and without probable cause therefor, causing the plaintiff [appellee] to be arrested and imprisoned on a charge of banding and conspiring with one Lazarus J. Williams and others to deprive one William H. Hunter of his right, as a member of the General Assembly of Alabama, to vote for an United States senator for said State.” There is no other averment in the complaint.
To this defendant pleaded — 1st, Not gujlty. 2d. That he was judge, at the time, of the District Court of the United States, and was holding the same in and for the…
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