Durante v. Braun

The appellant, Carl J. Durante, opposes the granting of a motion for a directed verdict by the Circuit Court for Harford County (Close, J.) in an action for malicious prosecution brought by him against the appellees, Mr. and Mrs. John Braun, Mr. and Mrs. John Tanner and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Jessnitzer.

The parties to this appeal are immediate neighbors living in the Harford County community of Fallston. In 1967 and 1968, primarily on weekends, the appellees began to hear and complain of loud explosions in their neighborhood which they alleged originated from the Durante premises. The neighbors…