ALEXANDER v. BROWN

No. 110.

72 S.E.2d 522 (1952)

236 N.C. 212

ALEXANDER v. BROWN et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Haynes, W. K. McLean, Roy A. Taylor, Asheville, for defendants-appellants.

Guy Weaver, Asheville, for plaintiff-appellee.


ERVIN, Justice.

Since the deprivation of personal liberty suffered by a plaintiff and all circumstances of aggravation attending it constitute elements of damage in an action for malicious prosecution, the present plaintiff's version of the facts accompanying his arrest and imprisonment is clearly germane to his second cause of action. 54 C.J.S., Malicious Prosecution, section 112.

G.S. § 1-163 provides that "The judge * * * may * * * amend any pleading...

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