Murphree v. Anderson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The plaintiff sued the defendants for damages, alleging that maliciously and without any probable cause they commenced a civil action against him and attached and sold his property.. The action is one of a series of- lawsuits in which the parties have been involved and which include three civil suits and one criminal action. The defendants are commission merchants dealing in fruit and farm produce in the city of Topeka. The plaintiff is a farmer, and in 1909 was a resident of Oklahoma, where he was engaged in shipping watermelons raised by…