DOUGLASVILLE LOAN COMPANY v. Bowen

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

This action is one for damages and receivership arising out of an alleged malicious abuse of process “sued out for a purpose not intended by the law to be effected thereby, but for the sole purpose of injuring this petitioner by unlawful and illegal arrest and imprisonment, and while thus illegally imprisoned and with no knowledge whatsoever of the pending of such action, to enter up a judgment against him.” The allegations show that a bail trover suit was brought against the petitioner to recover certain personal property allegedly in his possession and control, the…