Semones v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

GREENE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an order entered 26 February 1991, granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims for malicious prosecution and abuse of process.

The facts pertinent to this appeal are as follows: Plaintiff was the president of Today’s World Furniture, Inc. (Today’s World) in Claremont, North Carolina, from, its founding in 1979 until early March, 1986. In November, 1985, Rothwell Corporation purchased Today’s World. Plaintiff, however, remained president until he resigned in March, 1986. On 3 January 1986, Today’s World made a deposit into its…