Wm. R. Moore Dry Goods Co. v. Mann

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). It is earnestly-insisted by counsel for appellant that the evidence is not legally sufficient to support the verdict.

At the outset it may be stated that, to justify an action for malicious prosecution, both want of probable cause and malice must be shown. Keebey v. Stifft, 145 Ark. 8, and cases cited.

It is well' settled in this State that proof that the defendant in an action for malicious prosecution acted upon the advice of counsel learned in the law, or upon the advice of the public prosecutor, given after a full and fair statement of all the known…