TODD v. MELCHER

No. 1 CA-CIV 932.

11 Ariz. App. 157 (1969)

462 P.2d 850

Aletha TODD, a mentally ill person by her Guardian ad litem, Anell Carter, Appellant, v. Thomas MELCHER and Norman W. Johnson, Jr., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1. Department B.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore & Moore, by A.Y. Moore, Phoenix, for appellant.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, by Thomas A. McGuire, Phoenix, for appellees.


HAIRE, Judge.

Plaintiff, a mentally ill person, through her guardian ad litem sued defendants-appellees herein, two deputy sheriffs of Maricopa County, for damages said to have been caused by their allegedly malicious criminal prosecution of plaintiff. Defendants moved for summary judgment contending that the undisputed material facts of the case showed that they had probable cause to believe that plaintiff was guilty of the crime of which they accused her, and that...

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