Meadows v. Corinne Coal & Land Co.

Maxwell, Judge:

This writ of error presents for review the action of the trial court in setting aside a verdict for $2,000.00 in favor of the plaintiff and against the’ defendant for malicious .prosecution.

The defendant owns a number of dwelling houses in the town of Corinne. The plaintiff leased one of them and occupied it with his family. On the 1st of February, 1933, the plaintiff being in default of two months rent ($6.00 per month), Lee Blackwell, agent in charge of defendant’s said properties, caused a distress warrant to be issued against the plaintiff by a justice of the peace of…