Legal Opinion
Fred W. Brandt v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 11, 1956No. 11475PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLATT, District Judge.
The plaintiff obtained a verdict for $60,000 in a suit for malicious prosecution. Judgment was entered against the defendant, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and it has taken an appeal contending :
1. On the undisputed facts defendant had probable cause to initiate the prosecution of the plaintiff.
2. The trial court erred in admitting certain evidence:(a) The return of the “Not a True Bill” by the State Grand Jury.(b) The acquittal order of the plaintiff in the criminal proceedings of the federal court.(c) Evidence of matters not known to the defendant when the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Skidmore v. BrickerIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Brown v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Schattgen v. HolnbackIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Palmer v. RichardsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Robinson v. Econ-O-CorporationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Hardie Rothschild, and Cross-Appellant v. The Drake Hotel, Inc., a Corporation, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Andersen v. SchulmanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
- La Salle National Bank, Not Personally but as Trustee, Under Trust No. 17365, and Aaron B. Weiner v. 222 East Chestnut Street CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Donald Lee Schnoor v. C. E. Linkiewicz, Carl W. Larson, First State Bank of Calumet City and Wally TroyanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
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