Tench v. Turner

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Tench, brought suit against James Wesley Turner and his employer, Atlanta Baking Company, Inc., seeking damages for malicious prosecution and loss of consortium. They alleged that defendants “negligently caused a warrant” to issue for the arrest of Mr. Tench on the ground that he failed to stop at the site of an accident with damage; that Mr. Tench was “arrested, booked and placed under bond”; that a magistrate determined plaintiff was arrested without probable cause; that Mr. Tench suffered mental anguish and humiliation as a direct…