Stephens v. Gravit
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 5S. — ACTION BY CLARENCE GRAVIT AGAINST W. H. ■STEPHENS FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. — Appeal from Graves Circuit Court. R. J. Bugg, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll —
Affirming.
This action was brought by the appellee, Gravit, •against the appellant, Stephens, for malicious prosecution. Upon a trial before a jury the damages were assessed at $500, and judgment entered accordingly. A reversal is asked for errors in instructing the jury, and because the verdict is excessive.
It appears that Stephens, who was a farmer living in Tennessee, sold a horse to one Grover Handley, whose parents lived in Kentucky, but who was at the time a farm hand in Tennessee,. In payment for the horse Handley gave Stephens his interest in a…
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