Roos v. Harris

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the defendants made and entered in the superior court in and for the county of Santa Cruz after the granting of a motion made by the defendants for a judgment on the pleadings, upon the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. This action was one for malicious prosecution, the complaint alleging that the defendants caused to be instituted against the plaintiff a criminal proceeding for petit larceny, by reason of which the plaintiff was arrested, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for…