Morris v. Moore

This is an action to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution of plaintiff by defendant, who, in an affidavit sworn to by him and filed in the justice’s court of San Diego township, charged that plaintiff, in violation of section 476a of the Penal Code, willfully and with the intent to defraud defendant, drew and delivered to the latter his check on a San Diego bank knowing that he had not sufficient funds in or credit with the bank to meet the cheek upon its presentation. After his preliminary examination before the justice plaintiff was discharged and the criminal proceeding…