Morris v. Hargrove

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for damages for malicious ■prosecution, a prior petition sought damages for libel and was abandoned.

The plaintiff declared he had been damaged to the extent of $1,200 by a statement made by defendant in a prior suit styled ■Chester R. Morris v. Sam Hoerster and John T. Middleton, Tex.Civ.App., 348 S.W. .2d 642, in which plaintiff sought the production and inspection of certain medical records concerning examinations of plaintiff while he was confined at the Austin State Hospital in 1956, having been admitted February 2, 1956 and dismissed March 15, 1956.

The…