Hudson v. Philadelphia Life Ins. Co.

W. C. Hudson, who will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiff, sued the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company, who will hereinafter be referred to as defendant, and one W. H. Baxley, in the circuit court of Chester county, to recover damages for the alleged malicious prosecution of him before a justice of the peace for Perry county, Tenn., on eight State warrants, charging him with forgery, breach of trust, larceny, and embezzlement.

Baxley swore out these warrants against the plaintiff, and he and defendant were jointly sued on the theory that, in swearing out the warrants, he was acting in…