Anderson v. Dalton

40 Wn.2d 894 (1952)

246 P.2d 853

ERNEST A. ANDERSON, Respondent,

v.

JOHN T. DALTON, Appellant.[1]

No. 31910.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc..

July 31, 1952.

Tracy E. Griffin and Robert C. Bibb, for appellant.

P.R. McIntosh and W.S. Lewis, for respondent.

HILL, J.

This is an action for malicious prosecution.

In the latter part of March, 1947, the license of a tavern owned by Ernest A. Anderson was revoked by the Washington state liquor control board. Anderson subsequently consulted the defendant, John T. Dalton, a lawyer who had had considerable experience representing tavern owners before that…