Legal Opinion
Key v. Dozier
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 30, 1949No. 5 Div. 469PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
This is a suit brought by H. F. Dozier (appellee) against J. B. Key (appellant) for malicious prosecution. Trial of the case resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,000. Hence this appeal.
On December 30, 1947, J. B. Key caused a warrant to be issued for H. F. Dozier on a charge of burglary in the second degree. H. F. Dozier was arrested and made bond. The charge was investigated 'by the grand jury with the result that it made a return of “No bill” and the prosecution thereby ended.
Tendencies of the evidence showed that H. F. Dozier bought a parcel of land…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Gulsby v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Alabama Power Co. v. BuckSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- McMullen v. DanielSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Shannon v. SimmsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- McLeod v. McLeodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Barbara A. Nesmith and Richard A. Nesmith v. H. D. AlfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Nat. SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. BowenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- S.S. Kresge Co. v. RubySupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Hanson v. CouchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- INTERNATIONAL UNION, ETC. v. RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
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