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A. Buchanan Vs. Pilar A., Viuda De Esteban 032 Phil 363

A. BUCHANAN, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PILAR A., VIUDA DE ESTEBAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 10402 | 1915-11-30

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of P1,000 in an action to recover damages for the malicious prosecution of a criminal action against the plaintiff.

It appears from the record that on the 16th day of September, 1913, the defendant in this case laid a complaint against the plaintiff before the justice of the peace of Iloilo charging him with assault in that he, that day, struck the 13-year-old son of the complaining witness with a thrown stone. The accused was convicted in the justice's court but on appeal to the Court of First Instance, was acquitted the court stating...