Hagelund v. Murphy

Ragan, C.

Svenning Hagelund sued Hugh Murphy and Charles Fanning in the district court of Douglas county for dam*546ages for malicious prosecution. At the close of the evidence the jury, in obedience to an instruction of the district court, returned a verdict in favor of Murphy and Fanning, upon which the court entered a judgment dismissing Hagelund’,s action. To review this judgment he has filed here a petition in error.

The uncontradicted evidence on the trial showed that Murphy and Fanning filed a complaint against Hagelund before the police judge of the city of Omaha, in which they charged him…