Rigden v. Jordan & Stewart
Supreme Court of Georgia
Malicious prosecutions. Pleadings. Practice. Evidence. Probable cause. Before Judge Van Epps. City-court of Atlanta. June term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants for a malicious prosecution. The defendants filed two pleas, to wit, the plea of the general issue, and the plea of justification. On the trial of the case, the .jury, under the charge of the court, found for the defendants upon the plea of the general issue. The plaintiff' made a motion for a new trial, upon the grounds set out therein, which was overruled by the court, and he excepted. The 5th, 6th and 7th grounds of the motion will be considered together. They are, in substance, that *670the court erred iu…
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