Taylor v. . Hodge

This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution of the plaintiff by the defendant in a criminal action falsely charging him with stealing an “electric skil saw”— an automatic carpenter’s tool belonging to the defendant.

The complaint and answer are not involved in the exceptions and present no novel features. The sole exception is to the overruling of the defendant’s demurrer to the evidence and motions for judgment as of nonsuit. On the trial the plaintiff’s evidence in substantial summary tended to show as follows:

The plaintiff had served the defendant as…