Legal Opinion

Miller v. Potter

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 28, 1895PublishedCited by 1 opinion

False Imprisonment and Malicious Prosecution.—Error to the Circuit Court of Bureau County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1894.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Defendant in error brought suit against plaintiffs in error and others for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The suit was dismissed as to the other defendants, and there ivas a recovery for $500 against plaintiffs in error, Avho have brought the record here with an assignment of seventy alleged errors indorsed upon it. The list of supposed errors, although so formidable, may, however, be embraced under the ordinary heads that the court erred in rulings on the admission of evidence; that the verdict Avas contrary to the evidence, and that there Avas error in giving, modifying and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. WillAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
  2. Mueller v. NewellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
  3. Partlow v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bingham v. LipmanOregon Supreme Court · 1901

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