Legal Opinion

Brown v. Smith

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1876PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese

This was case, in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Helena- Smith, plaintiff, and against Charles E. Brown, defendant, to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution.

The parties went to trial on the general issue, and there was a verdict for the plaintiff for three hundred dollars, for which, on denying a motion for a new trial, the court rendered judgment, to reverse which the defendant appeals, assigning various errors.

Several points are made by appellant, going, principally, to the evidence in the cause, which we will not discuss, hut consider the case with reference to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Israel v. BrooksIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  2. William M. Ross & Co. v. InnisIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
  3. Dean v. ComstockIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  4. Dunne v. Trustees of SchoolsIllinois Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Glenn v. LawrenceIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Higgins v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co. v. HenbyIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  4. McElroy v. Catholic Press Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Barrow v. Weddle Brothers ConstructionIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974

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