Keebey v. Stifft
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulh, Judge; Tlie court erred in directing a verdict for defendants, as there was ample evidence to sustain a verdict for appellant. A case for a jury was made of malicious prosecution.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulh, Judge; Tlie court erred in directing a verdict for defendants, as there was ample evidence to sustain a verdict for appellant. A case for a jury was made of malicious prosecution. No probable cause was shown and defendants acted maliciously, as plaiiitiff had been tried and duly acquitted. 1. Stifft acted with probable cause in causing appellant’s premises to be searched, and the question of malice is immaterial. 71 Ark. 360; 24 How. 544. The directed verdict for defendants was proper. Ill Ark. 309; 104 Id. 268. All the facts…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
For several years P. G-. Keebey had been engaged in the jewelry business in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he had been a resident all of his life. Chas. S. Stifft was engaged in the jewelry business in Little Rock and Sidney H. Florsheim, a son-in-law of Stifft, was employed by Stifft in his jewelry store.
On September 26, 1916, the deputy district attorney filed an information before the municipal court of Little Rock charging Keebey with the crime of receiving stolen property of the value of more than $10, knowing that the same had been recently stolen, and caused a warrant of arrest of Keebey…
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