Alabama Fuel & Iron Co. v. Courson

Plaintiff, Courson, sued the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company in an action of malicious prosecution. Verdict and judgment went for defendant, but, upon plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, a venire de novo was awarded by the court, and from that order this appeal is prosecuted according to the statute in such cases made and provided.

Defendant owned a mining camp at Acmar. Jim Herring occupied one of defendant’s houses under a written contract of lease, clauses of which read as follows:

“This lease is entered into by lessor because of the employment by lessor of lessee. * * * It is understood and…