Opinion

Coverstone v. Davies

  • 38 Cal. 2d 315
  • 239 P.2d 876
  • 1952 Cal. LEXIS 175
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Jan 25, 1952
Status
Published
Author
Schauer
On the bench
Spence, Carter, Schauer
Cited by
131 cases

holding that there may be no cause of action for malicious prosecution against “anyone other than the person directly aggrieved”

How later courts described this case

  • holding that there may be no cause of action for malicious prosecution against “anyone other than the person directly aggrieved”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

SCHAUER, J.

I concur generally in the vieAV of the law, and in the conclusion stated by Justice Carter.

Appellants’ petition for a rehearing was denied February 21, 1952. Carter, J., and Schauer, J., were of the opinion that the petition should be granted.

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