Porter v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. May term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Chief Justice.
1. There are various forms of action to which resort may be had, according to the nature of the facts, to recover for injury sustained by reason of the wrongful use of legal proceedings or process. Ordinarily the remedy is an action for malicious prosecution, or an action for the malicious use or abuse of legal process. Where an action has been instituted or prosecuted with malice and without probable cause, an action for malicious prosecution may lie. An action for malicious abuse of legal process will lie where legal process has been employed for some object other…
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