Barton v. Camden

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

T. 1ST.. Camden, plaintiff in the trial court, has recovered of A. O. Barton, hereinafter sometimes called the defendant, $1,500 damages, claimed as for a malicious prosecution.

The evidence presents' issues of fact, and the contentions of the parties may be thus summarized: The plaintiff’s claim is, that after he had caught the defendant’s son with liquor in his shop (which was rented of *267defendant and jointly occupied), and threatened to make complaint unless the practice was stopped, Barton took the matter up with the plaintiff and made it a…