Taylor v. American International Shipbuilding Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 276, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1918, No. 4494, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Robert Taylor v. American International Shipbuilding Corporation. Trespass for malicious prosecution. Before Barratt, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 276, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1918, No. 4494, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Robert Taylor v. American International Shipbuilding Corporation. Trespass for malicious prosecution. Before Barratt, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was refusal of judgment for defendant n. o. v., quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
Prosecutions are presumed to have been properly instituted, and, to sustain an action for malicious prosecution, malice and want of probable cause must be proved by the plaintiff: McCarthy v. DeArmit, 99 Pa. 63, 69; *231Beihofer v. Loeffert, 159 Pa. 374, 376; Robitzek v. Daum, 220 Pa. 61, 63.
Probable cause is a reasonable belief in known or reported circumstances, sufficiently inculpatory, and adequate to justify a prudent man in acting as prosecutor of a crime against the accused. It does not depend on guilt, or the actual existence of the reported facts, but is…
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