Meredith v. McNeal

RAWLS, Chief Judge.

In this action which sounds in malicious prosecution, appellant-plaintiff Meredith was successful in procuring a jury verdict and final judgment in the sum of $5,300.00 against appellee-defendant McNeal. Meredith’s allegations basically charged McNeal with malice in: 1) instituting proceedings for inquisition of her incompetency; 2) instituting proceedings for her detention in connection with such incompetency; and 3) accusing her of, and bringing charges against her, for the crime of grand larceny. In post trial proceedings the trial court reversed its prior rulings upon…