Brandt v. Brandt

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

In Brandt v. Brandt, 286 Ill. App. 151, the history of this case is given in part. The suit was brought by plaintiff against Lee V. Brandt, her former husband, and I. Val Freedman, alleging in the first count that they had unlawfully conspired to commit plaintiff to a hospital for the insane; the second count was in the usual form, charging malicious prosecution without probable cause. When the case was tried, at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence the court instructed the jury to find defendant Freedman not guilty, which was…