Ross v. Langworthy

This is an action for malicious prosecution. On the trial of the cause in the court below a verdict was returned in favor of the defendant, upon which judgment was rendered. The principal error relied upon is that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.

It appears from the testimony that in the winter of 1877-8 the plaintiff purchased or traded for a pair of horses from one Forster, the horses being valued at $260. The plaintiff, in payment of said horses, delivered to Forster a yoke of oxen valued at $120, and to secure the remainder executed a chattel mortgage upon the horses, due in…