Herron v. Universal Auto Loan Co.

Box, P. J.,

This is an action for ma-

licious prosecution brought by a former employe of defendant who had been arrested for embezzlement and fraudulent conversion by his employer and later cleared. The jury found a verdict in his favor for $7,340 and defendant asks for judgment n. o. v. or a new trial.

Plaintiff, an experienced automobile finance man, was employed by defendant loan company on September 23,1940, to take charge of its branch office in Germantown. When someone applied for a loan on his ear, plaintiff made out various papers, among them a settlement sheet showing the amount of the…