[394]. In Exch. Ch. 1 T. R. 510, reversing the judgment of the Court of Exchequer in Sutton v. Johnstone, 1 T. R. 493. Judgment of Exch. Ch. affirmed on error, in Dom. Proc. 1 T. R. 784. S. C. 1 Bro. P. C. 76 (2d ed.).
[395]. 1 T. R. 545.
[396]. The case alluded to is perhaps Broad v. Ham, 5 B. N. C. 722. By the report of S. C. in 8 Scott, 40, the cause appears to have been tried before Maule, B. (Reporter’s note.)
[397]. Broad v. Ham, 5 B. N. C. 722; Turner v. Ambler, 10 Q. B. 252; Roret v. Lewis, 5 D. & L. 371; Hinton v. Heather, 14 M. & W. 131; Williams v. Banks, 1 F. & F. 557; Chatfield v. Comerford, 4 F. & F. 1008; Shrosbery v. Osmaston, 37 L. T. Rep. 792; Steed v. Knowles, 79 Ala. 446; Harkrader v. Moore, 44 Cal. 144; Ball v. Rawles, 93 Cal. 222; Galloway v. Stewart, 49 Ind. 156; Donnelly v. Burkett, 75 Ia. 613; Humphries v. Parker, 52 Me. 502, 505; Mitchell v. Wall, 111 Mass. 492; Bartlett v. Hawley, 38 Minn. 308; Peck v. Chouteau, 91 Mo. 138; Chicago Co. v. Kriski, 30 Neb. 215; Howard v. Thompson, 21 Wend. 319; Burlingame v. Burlingame, 8 Cow. 141; Fagnan v. Knox, 66 N. Y. 525; Anderson v. How, 116 N. Y. 336; Wass v. Stephens, 128 N. Y. 123; Wilson v. King, 39 N. Y. Super. Ct. 384; Linitzky v. Gorman, 146 N. Y. Supp. 313; Thienes v. Francis, 69 Or. 165; King v. Colvin, 11 R. I. 582; Scott v. Shelor, 28 Grat. 891; Forbes v. Hagman, 75 Va. 168; Spear v. Hiles, 67 Wis. 350; Baker v. Kilpatrick, 7 Br. Col. L. R. 150; Harcourt v. Aiken, 22 N. Zeal. L. R. 389; Clift v. Birmingham, 4 W. Aust. L. R. 20 Accord.
[398]. Only the opinion of the court is given.
[399]. Brown v. Hawkes, [1891] 2 Q. B. 718; Grant v. Book, 25 Nova Scotia, 266 Accord.
Malice may be inferred from want of probable cause. Hanchey v. Brunson, 175 Ala. 236; Hawkins v. Collins, 5 Ala. App. 522; Fowlkes v. Lewis, 10 Ala. App. 543; Price v. Morris, 122 Ark. 382; Redgate v. Southern R. Co., 24 Cal. App. 573; Stewart v. Mulligan, 11 Ga. App. 660; Holliday v. Coleman, 12 Ga. App. 779; McElroy v. Catholic Press Co., 254 Ill. 290; Pontius v. Kimball, 56 Ind. App. 144; Singer Machine Co. v. Dyer, 156 Ky. 156; Mertens v. Mueller, 119 Md. 525; Griffin v. Dearborn, 210 Mass. 308; Moscob v. Frank Ridlon Co., 216 Mass. 193; Krzyszke v. Kamin, 163 Mich. 290; Bowers v. Walker, 192 Mo. App. 230; Grorud v. Lossl, 48 Mont. 274; Galley v. Brennan, 156 App. Div. 443; Kellogg v. Ford, 70 Or. 213; Cole v. Reece, 47 Pa. Super. Ct. 212; Keener v. Jeffries, 54 Pa. Super. Ct. 553; Tufshinsky v. Pittsburgh R. Co., 61 Pa. Super. Ct. 121; Fetty v. Huntington Loan Co., 70 W. Va. 688.
It is not a necessary inference. Hanowitz v. Great Northern R. Co., 122 Minn. 241; Smith v. Glynn, (Mo.) 144 S. W. 149; Chicago R. Co. v. Holliday, 30 Okl. 680; Boyer v. Bugher, 19 Wyo. 463.
It is not inferred from failure to prosecute, Malloy v. Chicago R. Co., 34 S. D. 330, nor from discharge or acquittal. Waring v. Hudspeth, 75 Wash. 534.
Want of probable cause is not to be inferred from malice. Runo v. Williams, 162 Cal. 444; Redgate v. Southern R. Co., 24 Cal. App. 573; Plummer v. Collins, 1 Boyce, 281; McElroy v. Catholic Press Co., 254 Ill. 290; Shadden v. Butler, 164 Ia. 1; Hudson v. Nolen, 142 Ky. 824; Chapman v. Nash, 121 Md. 608; Griffin v. Dearborn, 210 Mass. 308; Callahan v. Kelso, 170 Mo. App. 338; Motsinger v. Sink, 168 N. C. 548; Kellogg v. Ford, 70 Or. 213; McCoy v. Kalbach, 242 Pa. St. 123; Boyer v. Bugher, 19 Wyo. 463; McIntosh v. Wales, 21 Wyo. 397. But see Squires v. Job, 50 Pa. Super. Ct. 289.