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GEORGE v. LEONARD

No. 5748.

169 F.2d 177 (1948)

GEORGE v. LEONARD et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals. Fourth Circuit.

August 5, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. McCutchen and Robert K. Wise, both of Columbia, S. C. (Wise, Whaley & McCutchen, of Columbia, S. C., on the brief), for appellant.

John K. deLoach, of Camden, S. C., and David W. Robinson, of Columbia, S. C., for appellees.

Before PARKER, Circuit Judge, PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and BARKSDALE, District Judge.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant on a directed verdict in a case wherein plaintiff asks damages on account of malicious abuse of criminal process. Plaintiff was arrested on a warrant sworn out under the direction of defendant charging breach of trust with fraudulent intent, a felony under the law of South Carolina. After being kept in jail for a few hours, he was released on bail; and, after he had made payment to defendant's...

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