Shields v. Patterson

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Two of the three appellant defendants, Patterson Brothers, are partners conducting a dry-goods store in Butler; the third, B. O. Patterson, son of one of the others, is employed by them as credit manager. They appeal from judgment on a verdict in a suit brought by a married woman for malicious prosecution on the charge of larceny by bailee.

In 1919 and 1920, she obtained from Patterson Brothers a lot of household goods (rug's, blankets, pillows, mattress, etc.) priced at $379.46; she paid down $118, and agreed to pay the balance “$10.00 on the pay day of each and every two…