Nelson v. Peterman

Opinion by

RUTH, O.

O. G. Peterman brought his action against Mathews Nelson, Rolla W. Coleman, and the Coleman-Nelson Corporation, alleging the defendants maliciously, unlawfully, and without probable cause, caused the plaintiff to be arrested by making and filing an affidavit before a justice of the peace in which they charged the plaintiff with the crime of embezzlement and caused plaintiff’s arrest and imprisonment, and maliciously and without probable cause prosecuted plaintiff; and then follows the allegation of his discharge by the justice of the peace at the preliminary hearing.

Matthews…