Dedrick v. Durham

— The plaintiff seeks to recover damages in this case because, as he claims, the defendants maliciously entered into a conspiracy to accomplish his false imprisonment. The cause came on for trial before the court and a jury upon the amended complaint, which will be referred to as the complaint, the answers thereto and the reply. .After the first witness had been sworn, the defendants moved the court to discharge the jury and enter a judgment in their favor upon the ground, first, that the complaint did not state a cause of action; and second, that the plaintiff’s reply constituted a fatal…