Jordan v. James & Holstrom Piano Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore ■ City (Bond, J.). Action by Joseph P. Jordan against The James & Holstrom Piano Company and another. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Lux kií, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
On tills appeal front a judgment for the defendants in an action for malicious prosecution, the chief inquiry is whether the evidence is legally sufficient to prove that the prosecution was without probable cause. The plaintiff was indicted for the embezzlement of $174, being part of tlie proceeds of the sale of pianos consigned to him as agent of the James and lEolstrom Piano Company, one of the defendants, and for the larceny of a, piano so consigned. There was evidence tending to prove that the defendant just named, and its auditor. Louis.…
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