Ailstock v. Moore Lime Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Botetourt county, sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration in an action on the case. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is an action on the case, brought by plaintiff in error, J. T. Ailstoek, to recover of the defendant in error, the Moore Lime Company, damages for malicious prosecution of a’ civil suit.
The declaration alleges that the Moore Lime Company “went *566and appeared before one W. It. Carper, then and there being one of the justices of the peace in and for the said county of Botetourt, and then and there before said justice falsely and maliciously, and without any probable or reasonable cause whatever, caused and procured the said justice to issue and grant it a writ of attachment against the said…
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