ARCHER v. CACHAT

No. 34540.

165 Ohio St. 286 (1956)

ARCHER, APPELLEE, v. CACHAT, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herschel Kriger and Mr. C. E. Hunter, for appellee.

Mr. J. Stewart Ake and Mr. Harry W. Schmuck, for appellant.


Per Curiam.

One of the fundamental rules of the law relating to actions for malicious prosecution is summarized clearly in the following excerpt from 3 Restatement of the Law of Torts, page 386:

"G. Influencing a public prosecutor. A private person who gives to a public official information of another's supposed criminal misconduct, of which the official is ignorant, obviously causes the institution of such subsequent proceedings as the official may...

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