Wells Co. v. Lane

Hubert Lane recovered a judgment against Wells Company, a corporation, in an action for malicious prosecution, charging that the defendant did “wrongfully, maliciously, and without probable cause therefor cause a garnishment to be run out of the municipal court of Birmingham, and to be served upon plaintiff’s employer, the American Cast Iron Pipe Company.” This judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, and this petition for certiorari by the Wells Company is filed to review the ruling of said court affirming this judgment:

It appears that suit by Wells Company against Hubert Lane -to…