Lind v. Schmid

.The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Schreiber, J.

This malicious prosecution suit arises out of a day at the seashore.

On July 7, 1971 the plaintiff Diane S. Lind, her 12-year-old son George, and her mother and father, the plaintiff Helen Sprecher and Henry Sprecher, all of whom lived in and about Philadelphia, decided to spend the day at Surf City, New Jersey. En route home at about 6:30 p.m. they stopped for dinner at the Dutchman’s Restaurant in Mana hawkin. The proprietors were Joan Schmid, the defendant, and her husband Robert.

The four patrons were seated promptly and serviced by the…