Johnson v. Miller

Kinne, J.-

I. This case is commonly known as tbe “Jones County Calf Case.” It was an action for malicious prosecution, begun in Jones county, Iowa, on May 23, 1878, against E. Y. Miller, David Fall, George W. Miller, Abe Miller, Jobn Foreman, S. D. Porter, and Herman Kellar. For tbe purposes of tbis opinion we need not state tbe issues between tbe parties further tban to say that tbe action was against all of tbe defendants jointly, and on every trial, except as otherwise stated, judgment was jointly rendered against all of tbe defendants, and tbe defense upon all tbe trials was jointly made…