Singleton v. Singleton

The plaintiff, Jean Singleton, sued the defendant, John Singleton, who is her brother, for malicious prosecution and, upon trial before the court sitting without a jury, was given judgment for “$2500 as actual damages, $200 for attorney's fees in criminal proceeding, and $2500 as exemplary and punitive damages,” from which judgment defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The action arose out of plaintiff’s arrest on a grand theft charge filed against her on September 22, 1942, by defendant, after consultation with his own attorney, a police officer and a deputy district attorney, the latter of whom…