Case ID: ga_92/html/0548-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Thornton v. Marshall.
    On the facts of this case the defendant below was protected by section 2985 of the code, which declares: “No member of a grand jury is liable to an action for a malicious prosecution upon a presentment made by the body and there was no error in denying a new trial.
    July 24, 1893.
    Action for damages. Before Judge Martin. Taylor superior court. August term, 1892.
    The suit was for maliciously and without probable cause procuring a presentment by the grand jury against the plaintiff' for perjury. The verdict was for the defendant, and plaintiff's motion for a new trial was overruled.
    Thornton & McMiohael, for plaintiff.
    W. S. Wallace and Worrill & Little, for defendant.
   Judgment affirmed.