Kviten v. Nash

Shulman, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee brought suit for damages alleging that defendants-appellants acted maliciously and without probable cause in causing a criminal warrant to issue against plaintiff. The court entered judgment in accordance with a jury verdict awarding plaintiff the sum of $6,500. On appeal, we affirm.

1. There is no merit in appellants’ contentions that the court erred in refusing to charge their request no. 10, which reads in pertinent part as follows: "[I]f you [the jury] find that the defendants acted on the advice of an attorney in bringing the prosecution against the…