Spainhour v. Knight

Shulman, Judge.

Upon telephoning the bank on which appellee’s check was drawn and being told that appellee’s account did not have sufficient funds to cover the check, appellant-payee caused the arrest of plaintiff-appellee pursuant to a warrant for the crime of issuing and uttering a worthless check. In an ensuing action for malicious prosecution brought after the dismissal of the warrant, judgment was entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $8,000 in favor of plaintiff-appellee. On appeal from this judgment, we affirm.

1. Appellant argues that appellee failed to show that the prosecution…