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· 12/5/1963

Ryerson v. American Surety Company of New York

Citations

  • 373 S.W.2d 436
  • 213 Tenn. 182
  • 17 McCanless 182
  • 1963 Tenn. LEXIS 478

How courts have described this case

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  • “An action for malicious prosecution, by its very nature, must be brought with reference to some other judicial proceeding. Thus one of the essential allegations in an action for malicious prosecution is that a prior suit has been instituted.”

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Judges: Burnett

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