Legal Opinion
Hearn v. Batchelor
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1933No. 22845PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGuerry, J.
1. To authorize a recovery of damages in a civil *214proceeding for malicious prosecution, the plaintiff must show affirmatively that the prosecution was malicious and without probable cause, both concurring. Malice may be inferred from a total want of probable cause, but the lack of probable cause can not be inferred from the existence of the most express malice. Stucky v. Savannah, Florida & Western Ry. Co., 102 Ga. 782 (29 S. E. 920); Coleman v. Allen, 79 Ga. 637 (5 S. E. 204, 11 Am. St. R. 449); Hicks v. Brantley, 102 Ga. 264 (29 S. E. 459); Cook v. Walker, 30 Ga. 519; Page v. Citizens…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Page v. Citizens Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Hicks v. BrantleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Porter v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Hartshorn v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Coleman v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Melton v. LaCalamitoCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Tanner-Brice Co. v. BarrsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
- Price v. CobbCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Price v. CobbCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
- American Plan Corp. v. BeckhamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
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