Bailey v. CENTURY FINANCE COMPANY

Deen, Judge.

“To establish malice sufficient to authorize a recovery in cases of this kind, it is not necessary to prove the existence of personal hatred, ill-will, or motives of revenge on the part of the prosecutor toward the accused . . . Indeed, want of probable cause lies at the foundation of the action. Malice sufficient to sustain a recovery may be inferred from want of probable cause, but the want of such cause may never be inferred from malice ... It is perfectly consistent that one who really had no desire to injure should believe honestly that certain facts known to him established…