Mississippi Supreme Court February 15, 1965, No. 43351 (Oberlin v. Dixon)

Jones, J.

In the Circuit Court of Adams County, appellee, George Dixon, a semi-literate Negro, sued appellant, Irving Oberlin, a white man, for malicious prosecution. The jury found for the appellee and awarded him $2700 actual damages. Hence this appeal. We affirm.

*874The facts show that on May 23, 1963, appellant filed an affidavit before Robert Y.