Darrah v. Oakland Motor Car Co.

Lewis, J.,

Two bills of indictment, one for perjury and the other for not making and filing a vendee’s statement or purchase affidavit upon purchasing a used automobile, were found against the-plaintiff prior to this action, following the presentation to a magistrate of two affidavits signed by duly authorized employees of defendant company. Verdicts of not guilty were returned in both cases, and this action for malicious prosecution followed.

It appears that the plaintiff bought from one Lee his interest in an automobile which the latter had leased from the defendant company. This occurred…