Ryan v. Orient Insurance

The plaintiff has recovered judgment against both defendants on the verdict of a jury in an action for malicious prosecution. The ease is here for review on the defendants ’ exceptions to the overruling of a motion for a directed verdict, and on certain exceptions to the charge and to the rulings of the court on matters of evidence.

The plaintiff came to Burlington from the State of New York in the fall of 1912 and opened a millinery shop in a small store hired for the purpose. In December, 1912, she procured insurance on the contents of the store from the Orient Insurance Co., through its…