Union Bank & Trust Co. v. Edwards

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

— Reversing.

This appeal seeks reversal of a judgment of the Es-till circuit court, rendered in an action brought by appellee to recover damages, claimed suffered as the result of appellant’s having maliciously, and without probable cause, prosecuted an illegal attachment suit against him.

The special damage alleged in this suit is that appellant, by wrongfully and maliciously attaching appellee’s interest in a certain oil and gas lease, frustrated his plan to make a profitable sale of it.

The facts bearing; on this issue are that appellee, with two associates,…