Mullins v. Wells

The plaintiff Billy A. (Moon) Mullins brought suit against the defendant Hubert Wells for damages due to malicious prosecution. There was a jury verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $1,000. The defendant has perfected his appeal in error to this Court.

The present suit grew out of a criminal prosecution by the defendant wherein the plaintiff was charged with *679receiving stolen property. The plaintiff was arrested, made bond, and was bound over to the July 1967 term of the Knox County Grand Jury. That Grand Jury did not return an indictment. On January 4, 1968 the plaintiff filed a…