156 Iowa 656 | Iowa | 1913
The plaintiff is a young colored man, who is married and a resident of Clarke county. The defendant Eddy filed an information before a justice of the peace charging the plaintiff with an indecent exposure of his person. The plaintiff waived an examination before the justice, and gave a bond to await the action of the grand jury of the county. The charge was duly presented to the grand jury, but no indictment was returned, and the plaintiff was therefore discharged. This suit was after-wards brought by him to recover damages against both Eddy,-who signed and filed the information, and Thurlow, who, it is alleged, conspired with Eddy to prosecute the