Clark v. Hill
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for malicious prosecution. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ogle County; the Hon. James Shaw, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
This is an action for malicious prosecution brought by appellee against appellant in the Circuit Court of Ogle County. Appellant pleaded the general issue, the case was heard before a jury and there was a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $400. Appellant urges as error, among other things, “the exclusion of proper evidence offered on the part of the defendant, the admission of improper evidence offered on the part of the plaintiff and the giving of improper instructions to the jury at the instance of the plaintiff.”
It appears from the evidence that on the evening of October…
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