Merriman v. Merriman

This case involves án appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants, Charles L. Merriman and W. A. Doss, his attorney, which was entered by the trial court upon granting a motion to dismiss a suit for damages filed by the plaintiff, Nelle P. Merriman, for alleged malicious prosecution, abuse of legal process, and for unlawfully instituting certain suits against her, all of which grew out of litigation arising in Piatt county.

The amended complaint consists of five counts.

The first count states in substance that in 1932 the defendants, conspiring together, filed an action seeking a decree…