Hardy v. Vial

48 Cal.2d 577 (1957)

ROSS HARDY, Appellant,

v.

JAMES LESLIE VIAL et al., Respondents.

L. A. No. 24292.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 24, 1957.

Desmond & Desmond and Walter Desmond for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Lee B. Stanton, Deputy Attorney General, and George H. Chula, for Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff was discharged from his employment as a professor at Long Beach State College as the result of charges made by defendants, and, after reinstatement to his position by the State Personnel Board, he commenced this action for damages for malicious prosecution. He…