TRITCHLER v. WEST VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER PUB. CO., INC.

No. 13078.

193 S.E.2d 146 (1972)

Gene Edward TRITCHLER et al., etc. v. WEST VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. J. Angotti, Mike Magro, Jr., Michael Tomasky, Morgantown, for appellants.

Furbee, Amos, Webb & Critchfield, Alfred J. Lemley, Fairmont, Baker & Armistead, Charles S. Armistead, Morgantown, for appellees.


CARRIGAN, Judge:

Plaintiffs instituted this action for malicious prosecution in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County seeking recovery of damages from defendants as a result of plaintiffs' arrest on a kidnapping charge. The circuit court sustained a motion for summary judgment made by defendant under R.C.P. 56(b) and (c). Plaintiffs appealed such judgment stating as their sole issue "whether or not there is a genuine issue as to any material fact and whether defendants...

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