Genovese v. Butt, 1539-5854.
| Decision Date | 28 April 1932 |
| Docket Number | No. 1539-5854.,1539-5854. |
| Citation | 48 S.W.2d 587 |
| Parties | GENOVESE v. BUTT. |
| Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Greenwood & Lewis, of Harlingen, for plaintiff in error.
James L. Abney and Faulk & Abney, all of Brownsville, for defendant in error.
This is a suit for damages brought by the plaintiff in error, Joe Genovese, against the defendant in error, H. E. Butt, for malicious prosecution. The trial court peremptorily instructed the jury to return a verdict for Butt, and judgment was entered on the verdict so returned. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed that judgment. 32 S.W.(2d) 379.
Butt owns a store in Harlingen known as the Harlingen Piggly Wiggly. Butt does not conduct the store in person, but operates same through agents. On November 3, 1928, Genovese purchased some goods in the store, and gave a check for the purchase price. The check was made payable to "Piggly Wiggly" or bearer. Genovese cannot read or write English. He requested the clerk in the store to write the check for him, and instructed the clerk to write the check against the First National Bank of La Feria, Tex. The clerk wrote the check against the First National Bank of Harlingen, Tex. Genovese, being unable to read or write English, signed the check, believing it to be drawn on the La Feria bank where he had sufficient funds on deposit to meet the check. The Harlingen bank refused payment of the check when same was presented for payment, for the reason that Genovese had no funds on deposit there. Some time afterwards, one H. E. Kelley was employed by Butt as manager of the store. In February, 1929, Kelley swore to a complaint, before a justice of the peace, in which Genovese was accused of the crime of swindling, on account of the giving of said check. A warrant of arrest was duly issued for Genovese and he was arrested. Prior to his arrest Genovese did not know that the check had not been paid, or that it had been drawn on the wrong bank. At the trial of Genovese for the offense of swindling, a judgment of acquittal was rendered. There is no evidence to show that Butt ever knew of the check having been given, or of the filing of the...
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