Creelman v. Svenning

This is an action for malicious prosecution. C. W. Creelman recovered special damages of $1,515 and general damages of $985 from Arville Svenning in an action tried to the court. Svenning appeals and his assignments of error challenge the adequacy of the record to support the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.

The facts as found by the trial court indicate Creelman and Svenning are adjoining property owners. Creelman purchased his lot from D. L. King in 1957 and Svenning from W. C. Gilchrist in 1960.

In 1956 King and Gilchrist constructed a joint road on or near the mutual…