Michael v. Matson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Harvey district court; Peter J. Galle, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J.:
O. E. Matson, while mayor of Burrton, verified a complaint charging.M. M. Michael and Grace Michael, his wife, with violating the prohibitory lawj and caused their arrest. The county attorney refused to prosecute and the case was dismissed. Grace Michael brought action against Matson for malicious prosecution and recovered a judgment for $600, from which he appeals.
We think the verdict must be set aside for the reason that the instructions were so worded as naturally to lead the jury to understand that they were the judges of What constituted…
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