Legal Opinion

Knecht v. Lehr

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 8, 1900Published

Trespass oil the Case, for malicious prosecution. ■ Appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington County; the Hon. William Haetzell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1900. Rehearing denied.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton

This was an action on the case, by appellee against appellant, in the Circuit Court of Washington County, to recover damages for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Trial was by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee. for $5.

This case was before us at a former term of this court, is reported in 81 Ill. App. 208, and was reversed and remanded on the ground, alone, that the court erred in allowing the proceedings, before the justice of the peace, to he proven by oral testimony, instead of requiring it to be shown by the justice’s docket.

The abstract of the record before us is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Knecht v. LehrAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899

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