Lipscomb v. Moore

KNIGHT, Justice.

Action by R. L. Moore, appellee, instituted in the circuit court of Morgan county against D. F. Lipscomb, appellant here, to recover damages for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. The suit resulted in verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and from that judgment the defendant prosecutes the present appeal.

It appears from the evidence in the cause that the plaintiff rented some land for a period of years, commencing with the year 1926, from one J. A. Kay; that this land adjoined lands owned by, and in the possession of, the appellant! At the time the plaintiff rented…