Markley v. Snow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 112, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., May T., 1903, No. 52, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Samuel B. Markley v. Philip Snow, J. W. Miller, H. J. Millar, and James W. Ellsworth, trading as James W. Ellsworth & Company. Trespass for malicious prosecution.
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Appeal, No. 112, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., May T., 1903, No. 52, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Samuel B. Markley v. Philip Snow, J. W. Miller, H. J. Millar, and James W. Ellsworth, trading as James W. Ellsworth & Company. Trespass for malicious prosecution. Before McIlvaine, P. J. The court charged in part as follows : [Now, there is one of the defendants in this case, James W. Ellsworth & Company, that is a partnership or a corporation, it does not appear very plainly here which, and I do not think it makes any difference which. Of course on…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Fell,
The plaintiff was arrested for setting fire to the barn of J. W. Ellsworth & Company, a partnership engaged in selling and mining coal. After his discharge on the entering of a nolle prosequi by the commonwealth, he brought this action for malicious prosecution and obtained a verdict against the police officer who made the information on which the warrant was issued, the superintendent of the business and the paymaster at whose instance the arrest was made, and against the partnership. It did not appear from the testimony that any member of the partnership had…
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