Coleman v. Allen
Supreme Court of Georgia
Malicious Prosecution. Probable Cause. Words and Phrases. Charge of Court. Malice. Damages. Mortgages. Criminal Law. Evidence. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Harris. City Court of Macon. March Term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Allen mortgaged to Coleman & Newsom a mule and a one-horse wagon. Newsom died, and Coleman, as surviving partner, foreclosed the mortgage. A mortgage fi. fa. was issued; search was made for the property, and it was not found. Certain information came to Coleman indicating that the property had been disposed of by Allen. Coleman took the advice of counsel learned in the law and, thereupon, made the requisite affidavit to impute an offence under §4600 of the code, charging that the property had been fraudulently disposed of, procured a. war*640rant for the arrest of Allen,…
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