Brown v. City of Cape Girardeau
Decision Date | 20 December 1886 |
Citation | 2 S.W. 302,90 Mo. 377 |
Parties | BROWN and Wife v. CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Action to recover damages for malicious prosecution. A demurrer to the petition by the city was sustained. Defendant appealed.
L. Brown, pro se.
The first count of the petition in this case is as follows: The second count is for damages for the institution of another suit for taxes in the following July, and its allegations are in all respects similar. The answer of defendant was a general denial. The cause coming on for trial, defendant objected to the introduction of any evidence, upon the grounds that the petition did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and because a municipal corporation is not liable in damages for the malicious prosecution of civil actions, which objections were sustained and plaintiffs excepted. This ruling of the court is the only error complained of, and the only question now before us.
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