Empire Oil & Refining Co. v. Williams

This action was instituted in the superior court of Pottawatomie county by Alfred Williams against the Empire Oil & Refining Company, a corporation, to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution. Thereafter the action was transferred to the district court of that county. Upon trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals from the judgment rendered thereon. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

The plaintiff alleged in his petition, in addition to the usual allegations in stating such cause of action, that the…