YELVERTON, Judge.
This is an action for damages for malicious prosecution. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Elsie Jones, for $25,000. The defendant, Calvin Soileau, appealed. We reverse.
We find that plaintiff failed to prove one of the essential elements in a malicious prosecution case, an absence of probable cause. Before discussing this element, it is necessary that we recite the facts leading up to the criminal prosecution and...
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