Section 51-7-3. Lack of probable cause defined; question for jury

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Lack of probable cause shall exist when the circumstances are such as to satisfy a reasonable man that the accuser had no ground for proceeding but his desire to injure the accused. Lack of probable cause shall be a question for the jury, under the direction of the court.

Orig. Code 1863, § 2937; Code 1868, § 2944; Code 1873, § 2995; Code 1882, § 2995; Civil Code 1895, § 3856; Civil Code 1910, § 4452; Code 1933, § 105-1003.

                    
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