White v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This is an action for malicious prosecution of a criminal action in which the plaintiff was charged with the crime of assault and robbery, being armed with a dangerous weapon.

The complaint, in substance, alleged that the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and R.V. Jenkins, one of its employees, commenced and prosecuted the action complained of; that plaintiff was arrested in said action, bound over to the grand jury and confined in jail until discharged…