Case Name: MILES v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1941-05-08
Citations: 65 Ga. App. 43
Docket Number: 28998
Parties: MILES v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY.
Judges: Stephens, P. J., and Felton, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 43–44

Head Matter:
28998.
MILES v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY.
Decided May 8, 1941.
Wesley B. Asinof, D. F. Blach, for plaintiff.
Alston, Foster, Moise & Sibley, for defendant.

Opinion:
Felton, J.
The petition sought damages for malicious prosecution, alleging that the defendant maliciously and without probable cause prosecuted the plaintiff for larceny and that the trial resulted in an acquittal. The court sustained the second ground of demurrer, which was that the petition failed to allege facts which showed that the plaintiff was prosecuted without probable cause, and that no facts were alleged which showed malice. Fifteen days were allowed in which the plaintiff should amend, and in default of •amendment the action stood dismissed. An amendment was filed which did not add anything material to the original petition. As to malice and probable cause, it simply repeated the general conelusion stated in the original petition. By amending the plaintiff acquiesced in the first ruling on the demurrer; and since the amendment did not cure the alleged defect pointed out by the demurrer, the court did not err in sustaining the general demurrer to the amended petition, and in dismissing the action. Elijah A. Brown Co. v. Wilson, 191 Ga. 750 (13 S. E. 2d, 779).
Judgment affirmed.
Stephens, P. J., and Felton, J., concur.