Legal Opinion
George v. Leonard
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided May 17, 1949No. Civ. A. 1445PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMMERMAN, District Judge.
This action is one for malicious prosecution. It was combined for trial, with a companion case between the same parties, No. 1444, which was an action for malicious abuse of a criminal process. They were combined for trial by consent although they rest upon different factual bases and are controlled by different legal principles. They were combined for trial 'because (1) the parties were the same in each case, (2) the principal witnesses- were to testify in each of the cases, (3) the time of' the Court and of litigants would be conserved, and (4) the overall expenses…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Bushardt v. United Investment Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
- Cook v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1937
- Watts v. South Bound R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Fitchette v. Sumter Hardwood Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1928
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Douglas A. Page and Carolyn Page v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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- Mikulich v. CarnerNevada Supreme Court · 1951