Show OGDEN COERCION CASE I fi JTudgmenfc of Nonsuit BeversedNand Cause Remanded 0Th The Judgment of the Second District III court at Ogden In the case of Annie Gorringc appellant vs W S Read was reversed and the action was remanded re-manded with directions to the lower 1 court to set aside the Judgment of non JtJ suit and try the case cii The plaintiff In the case sued to set cg aside a deed alleged to have been secured f se-cured from him through threats on the i part of the defendant to send her hus band to the penitentiary if she refused The husband it apears from the tes C timony had been stealing from a firm of which the defendant was a mem s ber and upon the promise that her I Husband would not be prosecuted and I Rent tp the penitentiary she signed a deed to her home The lower court held that Mrs Gor I ringc wasP hi par dellcto and granted a nonsuit in favor of the defendant i Chief Justice Bartch who writes the S opinion of tho Supreme court Inclines to the belief from the testimony adduced ad-duced below shows an attempt upon the part of the defendant to gain an advantage or benefit from an Influence improperly exerted and Indicates tho use of the criminal process of a court for private and personal ends Hence the reversal Justices Miner > and Bas kin concur |