Comisky v. Breen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Josiah McRobebts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtPillsbury, J.
The view that we have taken of this case renders it unnecessary for us to formally dispose of the motion of the- appellant, taken with the cause, to strike the amended record from the files.
In order for a plaintiff to maintain his action for malicious prosecution, he must affirmatively establish, first: that the defendant instituted the prosecution without probable cause for so doing. Israel v. Brooks, 23 Ill. 575; Ross v. Inness, 35 Ill. 487; Ames v. Snider, 69 Ill. 376; Palmer v. Richardson, 70 Ill. 544; Brown v. Smith, 53 Ill. 291.
Probable cause is defined in Harpham v. Whitney, 77 Ill.…
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