Main v. Healy

Citations

• 100 Wash. 253
• 170 P. 570
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 726

Syllabus

<p>Malicious Pbosecution—Peobable Cause. In an action for malicious prosecution, a verdict should be directed for tbe defendants, where it appears from undisputed evidence that defendants were acting as a law and order committee, and in good faith employed detectives to make an investigation as to the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and laid the facts before a reputable attorney and the prosecuting attorney who advised that there was sufficient evidence to justify a prosecution; and failure to state that one of the accused was a member of the city council and a prominent citizen of the town, is not a material fact which should have been disclosed to the prosecuting attorney.</p>