Borg v. Bringhurst
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered September 29, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, in an action for malicious prosecution.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
The defendant was fire marshal of the city of. Seattle, and, as such, investigated a fire on the premises occupied by the mother of the appellant husband. In this investigation he was assisted by two detectives from the police department, and, at the conclusion of the investigation, the matters discovered were laid before the prosecuting attorney of King county, who directed that a complaint be made against the appellant wife, charging her with the crime of arson. Later the complaint was dismissed by the examining magistrate, and this action was then commenced against the fire marshal to…
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