Swenson v. Erickson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Malicious Prosecution, for maliciously suing out an attachment. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
the court.
Defendant in error sued plaintiffs in error for suing out an attachment against her property maliciously and without probable cause. ' The case was tried by the court and a jury. The jury found for the plaintiff and assessed her damages at the sum of $150 and judgment was rendered on the verdict.
John Swenson and Nils Olson were partners in the grocery business, and defendant in error was indebted to them, to the amount of $11 and some cents. October 11, 1891, Swenson went before a justice of the peace and made affidavit that defendant in error 'was indebted to Olson and Swenson in…
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