Howe v. Owsley

The plaintiff had judgment in this action against the defendant in the sum of $8,000, based upon a charge of malicious prosecution. After the entry of judgment upon the verdict returned in said cause, the defendant’s motion for a new trial was granted, the order of the court being based upon insufficiency of the testimony, and that the verdict was against the law. From the order of the court granting a new trial the plaintiff has appealed.

The record shows that on or about the twenty-ninth day of October, 1928, the plaintiff obtained accommodations in a five-room house owned by the defendant…