Toft v. Ketchum

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

This appeal involves a determination as to whether the defendant may be liable to the plaintiff, an attorney-at-law, for malicious prosecution.

On September 24, 1953 the defendant filed a complaint in accordance with B. B. 1:16-4 with the Monmouth County Ethics and Grievance Committee, charging the plaintiff with improper conduct. A copy of the complaint was served upon the plaintiff, who in due course filed his answer. The committee conducted hearings on four different days in November, 1953, at which witnesses on both sides were…