Moad v. Pioneer Finance Company

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Appeal (taken prior to January 1, 1972) from judgment in favor of defendants entered pursuant to a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case in his action for $75,800 actual and $200,000 punitive damages for alleged malicious prosecution of plaintiff by defendants.

Plaintiff alleged: that in 1962 Kaw Finance Company, with offices in Kansas City, Missouri, organized Kaw Finance Company of Springfield, Inc., as a wholly owned subsidiary; that the names of all former Kaw Finance companies were later changed to Pioneer Finance Company of Springfield, Inc.; that all…