Lawson v. Wilkinson

This is an appeal in error from a jury verdict and judgment rendered against plaintiff in error in a malicious prosecution suit. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below, plaintiff in error as defendant, and defendant in error as plaintiff.

The present suit grew out of a criminal prosecution wherein the defendant obtained a warrant for plaintiff’s arrest under the provisions of T.C.A. 39-1904, commonly referred to as the “bad check law”. This criminal prosecution resulted in plaintiff being arrested, placed in jail, held overnight, fingerprinted, arraigned and bound over to await…