Starkweather v. Eddy

This action is one for malicious prosecution growing out of the acquittal of the plaintiff of a charge brought by the defendant of assault with a deadly weapon. The case was tried before the court without a jury, judgment being rendered in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

The assault charge arose out of the following facts: The plaintiff was a large stockholder in the Minarets Mining Company, a corporation, whose principal properties are located in the high Sierras in Mono and Madera Counties. For several years prior to the events about to be recounted, the plaintiff and the…