Stallings v. Coleman

Shulman, Chief Judge.

Pursuant to a warrant issued at the request of the appellee/merchant, appellant was arrested on a charge of passing a bad check. After several hearings, the criminal charge was dismissed. Appellant then filed this action for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Citing Code Ann. § 26-1704 (a) (2) (OCGA § 16-9-20 (h)), the trial court granted appellee’s motion for summary judgment.

Code Ann. § 26-1704 (a) (2) (C) provides as follows: “Any party holding a worthless check or instrument and giving notice in substantially similar form to that provided in subparagraph…