Gardner v. Bank of Pinehurst

HAYES, District Judge.

Each of the plaintiffs instituted an action against the defendant to recover $12,500 damages for malicious prosecution. Each plaintiff is a citizen and resident of South Carolina and the defendant is a North Carolina banking corporation, chartered under the laws of North Carolina, with its principal place of business at Pinehurst, in the Middle District of North Carolina.

A pretrial conference was held in Rockingham, N. C., September 3, 1940, at which time the cases were, by consent, consoli-. •dated and certain stipulations were entered as appear of record. Neither party…