Richter v. Neilson

The plaintiff, Ernest Richter, sued the defendant, Mrs. Irene A. Neilson, for malicious prosecution, and upon trial before the court sitting without a jury was given judgment for damages in the sum of $1150, from which judgment defendant appeals. The action grew out of plaintiff’s arrest on a grand theft charge filed against him on May 6, 1932, by the defendant after consultation with a deputy district attorney who drew the criminal complaint and authorized the issuance of the warrant of arrest. The specific charge made against plaintiff was that he unlawfully took $265 of the personal…