Harkness v. Hyde

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1879-04-21

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Mr. Justice Field delivered the opinion of the court. This was an action to recover damages for maliciously and without probable cause procuring the seizure and detention of property of the plaintiff under a writ of attachment. It was brought in September, 1873, in a district court of the Territory of Idaho for the county of Oneida. The summons, with a copy…

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