Swift v. Witchard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Smith. Irwin superior court. April term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
The plaintiff in error brought his action against the defendant to recover damages, alleging in his petition, among others, the following facts, on which he relied for a recovery : On October 20, 1896, the defendant swore out before Wm. B. Moore, N. P. & Ex. Off. J. P., a warrant charging pe-. titioner with the offense of perjury. He was not guilty of said offense, and the charge was untrue. There was no probable. *194cause of suspicion to authorize the swearing out of said warrant. The taking out of same was due solely to the malice of said defendant; and the prosecution had been abandoned.…
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