Lyons v. Davy-Pocahontas Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by T. J. Lyons against the Davy-Pocahontas Coal Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge-.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $3,500 against Davy-Pocahontas Coal Company and P. A. Grady, in an action for malicious prosecution, and, on motion of defendants, the court set it aside and granted them a new trial. By this writ of error plaintiff seeks to have that order reversed and judgment entered here upon the verdict.
Defendants offered no evidence. The case was submitted to the jury upon plaintiff’s evidence alone, and instructions, with the result above stated. The material facts, as they appear from the uncontroverted testimony, are as follows: In November, 1913,…
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