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AUBURN AUTOMOBILE CO. v. HABIG

No. 5575.

84 F.2d 54 (1936)

AUBURN AUTOMOBILE CO. v. HABIG.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 4, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond S. Pruitt and John J. Grealis, both of Chicago, Ill., and John W. Eggeman and James P. Murphy, both of Ft. Wayne, Ind., for appellant.

Samuel D. Jackson, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Marshall F. Sanders and John M. Murrell, both of Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before EVANS and SPARKS, Circuit Judges, and BRIGGLE, District Judge.

BRIGGLE, District Judge.

Appellee sued appellant in the District Court for damages for malicious prosecution, alleging that appellant had wrongfully caused the institution of criminal proceedings against him in the state of Florida. The jury returned a verdict in his favor assessing damages at $45,000, which, upon remittitur of $20,000 the District Court approved and rendered judgment in his favor for $25,000. This appeal is from such judgment.

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