Metcalf v. Bockoven

Kirkpatrick, C.

This is an action brought in the district court for Hamilton county on June 14, 1895, by defendant in error, Anna S. Bockoven, against plaintiff in error, Horace C. Metcalf, to recover thé sum .of $3,954.71, claimed as damages for the prosecution, maliciously and without probable cause, of an action in the district court for Douglas county, Nebraska. Trial was had to a jury, which on February 24, 1897, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of Anna S. Bockoven, and against Horace C. Met-calf in the sum of $1,977.35. From this judgment Met-calf prosecutes error to this…