Dickerson v. Atlantic Refining Co.

Stacy, O. J.

To make out a case of malicious prosecution, the plaintiff is required to allege and to prove that the defendant instituted or participated in a proceeding against him maliciously, without probable cause, which ended in failure. Wingate v. Causey, 196 N. C., 71, 144 S. E., 530; Bowen v. Pollard, 173 N. C., 129, 91 S. E., 711; Carpenter Co. v. Hanes, 167 N. C., 551, 83 S. E., 577; Humphries v. Edwards, 164 N. C., 154, 80 S. E., 165; Stanford v. Grocery Co., 143 N. C., 419, 55 S. E., 815; R. R. v. Hardware Co., 138 N. C., 174, 50 S. E., 571; S. c., 143 N. C., 54, 55 S. E., 422; Ely…