Horton v. Pintchunck
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for malicious prosecution. Before Judge Nottingham. City court of Macon. June term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
Horton instituted an action against Pintchunck, in the city court of Macon, in which he sought to recover damages for a malicious prosecution which he alleged Pintchunck commenced and carried on against him. The amount claimed as damages was one thousand dollars. The defendant filed a plea in which he admitted that he did swear out a warrant and caused the arrest of the plaintiff as alleged in the petition. He, however, averred the existence of certain facts which authorized him to do so, and which he claimed justified him in swearing out the warrant and causing the arrest of the plaintiff.…
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