Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Friend

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1874PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

This is an action on the case for malicious prosecution, by appellee against appellant. The charge made by the declaration is, that appellant maliciously and without probable cause procured appellee to be arrested and prosecuted before a justice of the peace for larceny, in stealing, in conjunction with two other persons, a hog, the property of. appellant.

Appellee is a married woman, and, during the progress of the trial, she introduced, as a witness on her behalf, her husband, who was permitted to give evidence, against appellant’s objection, and this is one of the errors assigned and argued.

2Cited by20 opinions

  1. Freides v. Sani-Mode Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Cooper v. FlemmingTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Commonwealth v. StoreySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  4. Brown v. TuckerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1918
  5. Vasquez v. JacobsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960

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