Mullins v. Sanders

Marvin Mullins filed an action of trespass on the case against Roy Sanders seeking damages on three counts, namely, (1) false imprisonment, (2) malicious prosecution, and (3)malicious abuse of criminal process. At the conclusion of all of the evidence the lower court struck the plaintiff’s evidence and a verdict and judgment for the defendant followed. We granted a writ of error to determine whether the evidence was sufficient to have warranted a submission of the issues involved to the jury.

At the bar of this court counsel for the plaintiff in error conceded that the evidence was…