Helms v. Metropolitan Toyota, Inc.

J. ED TEASE, Retired Circuit Judge.

In this malicious prosecution case the trial court granted defendant’s motion for directed verdict at close of plaintiffs’ ease, and plaintiffs appeal.

Whether the trial court erred to reversal by granting such motion is the sole issue presented on appeal.

Plaintiffs-appellants were used automobile dealers in the spring of 1985 when they purchased a 1979 Oldsmobile from defendant, Metropolitan Toyota, for $2,400. Appellants received the vehicle and were to pay the purchase price when they received the title from Metropolitan. Receipt of the title was delayed…