Ivancic v. State

Claimant, Michael G. Ivancic, seeks damages in an action based upon an alleged malicious prosecution by a State Trooper, Russell W. Ford, resulting from a jury finding claimant not guilty on a complaint charging him ■with disorderly conduct, which was signed by State Trooper Ford on April 29, 1957 before Justice of the Peace Emil Lindvahl in the City of Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois.

The facts appearing from the record are these:

On April 30, 1957, at about 12:20 A.M., State Police Officers Ford and Dagoes observed claimant in the drive way of Bartell’s Drive-In on Belvidere Road. His head…