Conn v. Helton

The appellee, Evans G. Helton, who was the plaintiff in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, recovered a judgment of $2,000 against the appellant, F. D. Conn, as damages for an alleged malicious prosecution instituted by the appellant against the appellee in the justice of the peace court of District No. 3 of said county.

*465The case arose in this manner: The appellant was the financial secretary-treasurer of the Hattiesburg Building and Construction Trades Council, and the appellee a member of Local No. 359, Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union, both at Hattiesburg. Both unions had certain of their…