Rayner v. Anderson

H. S. Anderson, hereinafter called plaintiff, brought suit against P. E. Kayner, hereinafter called defendant, for damages for the conversion of certain personal property by the latter. Defendant answered, and also filed a cross-complaint for malicious prosecution by plaintiff of defendant in a certain criminal action wherein defendant was charged with larceny of some of the property involved in the present action of conversion. Plaintiff moved to strike the cross-complaint on the ground that the matters set up therein were not proper cause of cross-complaint, which motion was by the court…