Schwatka v. Davidson

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 362
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 252

Syllabus

<p>Malicious prosecution — Information insufficient to support a warrant — False pretenses — Criminal law.</p> <p>An action for malicious prosecution for arresting the plaintiff for false pretense, cannot be maintained where it appears that the warrant for the arrest was based upon an information which merely averred that plaintiff did on a date named remove painters’ supplies from a property described, “the same being property bought by money advanced by me,” without any request for a warrant, and without any evidence to show that defendant knew that plaintiff was to be arrested until after the arrest had actually been made.</p>