Case Name: SEGUSKY v. WILLIAMS
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1911-07-31
Citations: 89 S.C. 414
Docket Number: 7992
Parties: SEGUSKY v. WILLIAMS.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 414–415

Head Matter:
7992
SEGUSKY v. WILLIAMS.
1. Appeal. — Order granting nonsuit is appealable.
2. Malicious Prosecution. — A warrant and affidavit charging one with disposing of property under lien and removing same charges no crime, and will not support an action for malicious prosecution.
Before Wilson, J., Greenville, June, 1910.
Affirmed.
Action by Tewis Segusky against J. H. William's. Plaintiff appeals.
Messrs. H. K. Tozvnes and Brown Martin, for appellant,
cite: 81 S. C. 134; 8 Ency. 419, note 25, 411; 22 S. C. 9; 57 S. C. 227.
Mr. Wilton H. HoA'le, contra,
cites: 57 S. C. 262; 72 S. C. 192; 70 S. C. 429; 31 S. C. 342.
July 31, 1911.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
This appeal is from an order granting a nonsuit in an action for malicious prosecution. Respondent's contention that the order is not appealable is untenable. Bowen v. Johnson, 87 S. C. 264. The affidavit upon which the warrant was issued states nothing more than that, at the time and place mentioned, "Lewis Segusky did dispose of property under lien and removing same, all of which is contrary to the form of statute." The warrant is as follows: "Arrest and bring before me Lewis Segusky. under lien charged with disposing property and the witnesses for the State herein named." The warrant states no crime, and, therefore, cannot support an action for malicious prosecution. Whaley v. Lawton, 57 S. C. 256, 35 S. E. 558; Aiken v. Cotton Mills, 85 S. C. 180, 67 S. E. 166. In Whaley v. Lawton, the Court said: "A mere sale or disposal of personal property covered 'by a lien is not sufficient to constitute a criminal offense, but it must be accompanied by a failure to pay the debt secured by the lien, or a failure to deposit with the clerk the amount of such debt within ten days."
Affirmed.