Rhodes v. Roberts

Tbe appellee instituted tbis suit against tbe appellant as an attachment in chancery by filing bis original bill in tbe Chancery Court of Jackson County, seeking tbe recovery of damages for malicious prosecution. Tbe bill alleged tbe non-residence of tbe appellant, and tbe ownership of lands by him in tbe State of Mississippi, and further alleged that tbe appellant, with full knowledge of tbe innocence of tbe appellee, wilfully, wantonly, un*583lawfully, and maliciously preferred charges against the appellee by affidavits filed in the justice of the peace court, charging him with the crime of…