Supreme Court of New Hampshire December 6, 1910 (Leighton v. Bills)

Parsons, C. J.

Chapter 235 of the Public Statutes provides for the release upon giving bond of a person arrested or imprisoned on execution. Section 12, of chapter 236, of the same is: “If the cause of action, in any action of trespass, or trespass on the case, has arisen from the willful and malicious act or neglect of the de

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fendant, the court or justice before whom the action is tried