Schwartz v. Schwartz

This cause is here on appeal granted to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the Second District reversing, without remanding, a judgment of the circuit court of Lake county for $50,000 in a suit against appellee for malicious prosecution of a civil suit.

Appellant and appellee are brothers. From 1920 until February 1, 1929, they were in partnership in the mortgage, loan and insurance business. A dissolution of the partnership took place by agreement on the last named date, by which appellant purchased appellee’s interest in the business for the sum of $336,000, and executed, as part…