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OBERLIN v. DIXON

No. 43351.

251 Miss. 872 (1965)

171 So.2d 512

OBERLIN v. DIXON

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 15, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Johnson, Natchez, for appellant.

R.L. Netterville, Joseph E. Brown, Natchez, for appellee.

JONES, J.

In the Circuit Court of Adams County, appellee, George Dixon, a semi-literate Negro, sued appellant, Irving Oberlin, a white man, for malicious prosecution. The jury found for the appellee and awarded him $2700 actual damages. Hence this appeal. We affirm.

The facts show that on May 23, 1963, appellant filed an affidavit before Robert V. Walcott, Justice of the Peace of District Four, Adams County, charging...

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