Lounder v. Jacobs

Defendant in error was plaintiff in the trial court and we will herein refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendant as they there appeared.

On October 19, 1946, plaintiff filed his complaint in damages for malicious prosecution praying for one thousand dollars actual damages, five hundred dollars exemplary damages, and for body judgment. The defendant answered and counterclaimed praying for five thousand nine hundred twenty-six dollars. On trial to a jury, a verdict in plaintiffs favor was returned assessing his actual damage at five hundred dollars and exemplary damage at two hundred fifty…