Randleman v. Boeres

THOMPSON (R. L.), J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a two thousand dollar verdict of a jury rendered in an action for malicious prosecution instituted against the appellant on a charge of burglary. The record is devoid of substantial evidence to support the necessary elements of malice or lack of probable cause, and the judgment must, therefore, be reversed.

The appellant resided with her husband and daughter in a cottage at Huntington Park, Los Angeles. The respondent was twenty-two years of age and unmarried. He lived with his parents about a block from the residence of appellant. These…