Spangler v. Booze
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment rendered by the pircuit Court of Botetourt county, in an action of trespass on the case for a malicious prosecution, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison, J.,
delivered the opinion .of the court.
This action of trespass on the case was brought by the plaintiff in error to recover of the defendant in error damages for having maliciously and without probable cause procured the issuance and execution of a search warrant, charging the plaintiff in error with the theft of certain apples.
*277A demurrer to the declaration was sustained by the Circuit Court, and from that judgment a writ of error was awarded, bringing the case here for review.
The declaration is in the usual form, its salient averments being that the defendant, A. T. Booze,…
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