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STRICKLAND v. ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY

27749.

230 Ga. 425 (1973)

197 S.E.2d 347

STRICKLAND v. ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 13, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Antonion, for appellant.

Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, Edgar A. Neely, Jr., for appellee.

HAWES, Justice.

An action for damages for the malicious use of civil process cannot be maintained unless it appears that the use of the process of which the complaint is made was wholly without probable cause. An action for malicious abuse of legal process cannot be maintained unless it appears that the defendant sought to employ the process for the accomplishment of some purpose which it was not intended to effect. Gaines v. Pirkle, 58 Ga.App. 546 (2) (199...

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