Pye v. Gillis
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for malicious prosecution; from city court of Sylvester— Judge Williamson. January 13, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Pye sued Mr. and Mrs. Gillis for malicious prosecution. The petition alleged, that for an improper purpose, set forth, Mr. Gillis procured his wife to go before a magistrate and, without probable cause and maliciously, to swear out a warrant charging the plaintiff with the offense of being drunk at her (Mrs. Gillis’) residence, and that a warrant was issued charging him with this, as a misdemeanor, and that he was arrested; that no commitment.trial took place, but that shortly after the arrest Mrs. Gillis, ac*398companied by her husband, went before the grand jury, impaneled in the superior…
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