Royal Oil Co., Inc. v. Wells

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• concluding that a conviction is prima facie evidence of probable cause, but the mere decision by the Justice Court to send the matter to grand jury, without a conviction, was not
• noting that “where the evidence was in conflict, questions pertaining to scope of employment and ratification by a master of his serv- ant’s act were questions not to be taken from the jury”
• where jury could have believed there was no probable cause, a verdict in favor of the plaintiff could not be set aside
• \other purpose\ suggested here was that plaintiff was the target of defendant's anger because of her marriage to a black man
• if evidence is such that jury could have believed that the prosecution was instituted without probable cause, the judgment appealed from should not be disturbed
• where jury could have believed there was no probable cause, a verdict in favor of the plaintiff could not be set aside

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