unless the Defendant intentionally caused the Plaintiff's bodily restraint. The Tort of Malicious Prosecution must be distinguished from the Tort of False Imprisonment. The Tort of False Imprisonment arising out of an improper arrest of a suspected criminal bears a resemblance to the Tort of Malicious Prosecution, which consists in the abuse of legal process by maliciously and without reasonable and probable cause instituting a groundless criminal prosecution. A person who brings about an arrest by merely setting in motion the formal process of law, as by making a complaint before a justice of the peace or applying for a warrant, is not liable for the Tort of False imprisonment because: The courts of justice are not agents of the prosecutor and their acts are not imputable to him. This rule provides a valuable protection against liability for error in the course of legal proceedings. He will be liable, if at all, only for the misuse of legal process by procuring an arrest for an improper purpose for which the appropriate remedy is an action for Malicious Prosecution. Trespass to Chattels, Conversion and Detinue
97 This group of Torts protects the possessor of a chattel from wrongful interference therewith: Read KODILINYE, G., pages 190-194. Trespass to Chattels This Tort may be defined as a direct and wrongful interference with a chattel in the possession of the plaintiff, such interference being either intentional or negligent. The interests of the plaintiff which the tort protects are:
