Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1856

Whiting v. Johnson

Whiting v. Johnson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided March 15, 1856 · Thomas
72 Mass. 246

Whiting v. Johnson

Opinion of the Court

Thomas, J.

The declaration was not a good declaration tor a malicious prosecution; because it avers the institution of a suit in a court which had no jurisdiction. Bixby v. Brundige, 2 Gray, 129. And, though it is not easy, at first, to discern the precise object of the declaration, a closer examination reveals a suostantial declaration in trespass, with a running commentary of aggravation greatly exceeding the text. ' Exceptions overruled.

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