Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing Co. v. Hoeher
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 85 — ACTION FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION. 1. On probable cause. 17 Ky. Law Rep., 1131; Shaul v. Brown, 4 Am. Rep., 158; Hilliard on Torts, vol. 1, p. 438; Myer v. L., St. L., E. R. R., 17 Ky. Law Rep., 947. 2. Advice of counsel. Crawford v. Kayser, 5 Ky. Law Rep., 593; Arnold v. Hicks, 5 Ky. Law Rep.%934; Burke v. Rhodes, 13 Ky. Law Rep., 431; 36 Am. St. Rep., 147; Johnson v. Miller, 58 Am.
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Case 85 — ACTION FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION. 1. On probable cause. 17 Ky. Law Rep., 1131; Shaul v. Brown, 4 Am. Rep., 158; Hilliard on Torts, vol. 1, p. 438; Myer v. L., St. L., E. R. R., 17 Ky. Law Rep., 947. 2. Advice of counsel. Crawford v. Kayser, 5 Ky. Law Rep., 593; Arnold v. Hicks, 5 Ky. Law Rep.%934; Burke v. Rhodes, 13 Ky. Law Rep., 431; 36 Am. St. Rep., 147; Johnson v. Miller, 58 Am. Rep., 231; Dunlap v. New Zealand, 109 Cal., 365; Smith v. Liverpool, 107 Cal., 432; Monaghan v. Cox, 31 Am. St. Rep., 555; Johns R. R. v.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HOBSON
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee instituted this action against appellant to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution. The *694jury having found for him $5,000 damages, and the court having overruled appellant’s motion for a new trial, it seeks by this appeal a reversal of the judgment against it for that amount.
The case arose in this way: Appellant is a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing plumbers’ supplies, such as bath tubs, lavatories, sinks, etc., in the city of Louisville. In this business it possessed a secret process of enameling, by…
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