Peasley v. Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co.

Plaintiff brought suit to recover damages from defendant for malicious prosecution. Trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, but the court thereafter granted defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and dismissed the action. Plaintiff has appealed.

On March 17, 1939, James Cary, an employee of respondent Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co., subscribed and swore to a complaint before a justice of the peace, charging that on the preceding day appellant, Jess Peasley, had committed the crime of interfering with, preventing, or obstructing the search for, and the…