Swepson v. Davis
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Knox County. Joseph W. Sneed, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes
This is a suit for the malicious prosecution of a civil action which was brought in the chancery court of Knox county in 1893, and finally decided April *10221, 1900. There were pleas of not guilty and statute of limitations. There was a trial before a jury, and verdict and judgment for $16,500; and defendant appealed, and has assigned various errors, only one or two of which need be noticed, as they are conclusive of the case.
The eleventh assignment of error is that there is no evidence to support the verdict. Under this and other assignments, it is said that the record in the civil suit, which it…
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