Lange v. Illinois Central Railroad

Citations

• 107 La. 687

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. It is a general rule that a person who by his fault causes damages to another, whether by his act, or by his negligence, his imprudence or want of skill. Is obliged to repair it.</p> <p>2. Citizens are protected by the Constitution from warrants of arrest for crime issued against them, without probable cause, and they are entitled to recover damages from parties causing such warrants to issue. It is not necessary for such recovery that the arrest should have been actuated by malice, in the sense of personal ill-will towards, or desire to injure the party ’charged. The absence of such malice only affects the character and quantum of damages.</p> <p>3. Advice of counsel in certain cases under certain circumstances gives a qualified protection to their clients in cases of torts, but not to the extent'of enabling them to escape liability, though client and counsel are negligent or indifferent to consequences.</p>