Hamilton v. DuPre

Simmons, C J.

1. Where one, acting through her attorneys, sued out a diSi. tress warrant against another and had it levied upon the goods of the latter, neither the plaintiff nor the attorneys nor the officer executing the warrant were liable in an action for malicious prosecution without proof of malice and of want of probable cause. Porter v. Johnson, 96 Ga. 145, and cases cited.

2. Where such action for malicious prosecution was brought against the plaintiff in the distress warrant in the county of her residence, and her attorneys and the officer executing the warrant, who were residents of…