Flader v. Smith

Plaintiff Smith, who is the defendant in error here, obtained a verdict and judgment in the amount of $1,550 against H. A. Flader and The Flader Land Company, a corporation. The jury awarded damages on plaintiff’s first cause of action for malicious prosecution in the amount of $500, and exemplary damages in the amount of $1,000. The second cause of action was for conversion, and the jury found the damages on that count to be fifty dollars. The losing defendants come here by writ of error.

The evidence shows the following facts as the basis for this action. Plaintiff Smith became a tenant on a…