Rogers v. Tillman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Damages. Malicious Prosecution. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1883. The following, in connection with the decision, sufficiency reports this case: Green B. Rogers sued William L. Tillman for malicious prosecution. The prosecution which fonned the basis of this suit charged Rogers with the fraudulent sale of mortgaged property, and of this charge he was acquitted.
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Evidence. Damages. Malicious Prosecution. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1883. The following, in connection with the decision, sufficiency reports this case: Green B. Rogers sued William L. Tillman for malicious prosecution. The prosecution which fonned the basis of this suit charged Rogers with the fraudulent sale of mortgaged property, and of this charge he was acquitted. On the trial of the present case, the original record of an affidavit of illegality, which had been filed by Rogers and tried in Harris superior court, was offered in…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
There are several exceptions taken by the plaintiff to the decisions and rulings of the court below in this case.
(1.) The defendant offered an affidavit of illegality and verdict and judgment thereon in Harris superior court between these same parties, which was objected to by plaintiff, upon (he ground that the same had become a record in Harris superior court, but admitted, at the same time, that the papers offered were original. The court overruled this objection, and this is the first error assigned.
(2.) The court charged the jury, “that one man may prosecute another…
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