Springfield v. Carter

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in an action for malicious prosecution upon motion of the defendants and response of the plaintiff, together with supporting and opposing affidavits. Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship.

Plaintiff-appellant, a citizen of Oklahoma, is the owner of a structure approximately 70 feet long and 24 feet wide in Little Rock, Arkansas, consisting of six units, all occupied by tenants on April 11, 1948. On that date a fire damaged the southern unit of the building and the wall dividing it from the adjacent unit on…