Miller v. Lee

Plaintiff commenced this action against defendants to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution of him, by and through a criminal complaint allegedly filed against plaintiff at the instigation of defendants, in which complaint plaintiff was accused in count one thereof of violating section 504a of the Penal Code, while a second count charged the offense of grand theft. After alleging that the procurement and issuance of such criminal complaint by def endants was actuated by malice on their part, it was set forth that plaintiff was arrested and imprisoned for a period of nine days;…