Legal Opinion

Rosenkrans v. Barker.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1885PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was an action brought by A. E. Barker, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against O. L. Bosenkrans and J. H. Weber, to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. A .trial of the cause before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the-plaintiff for $2000. The defendants appealed to the Appellate Court, where the judgment was affirmed.

The facts out of which this litigation grew, so far as is necessary to state them, are substantially as follows: In 1882 Barker resided in Iowa, and was engaged, in a small way, in the jewelry business. In…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Israel v. BrooksIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Gilbert v. EmmonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Grund v. Van VleckIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Pullen v. GliddenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1878

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Pullman Palace Car Co. v. LawrenceMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. OwensCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  3. Martin v. CorscaddenMontana Supreme Court · 1906
  4. McIntire v. LeveringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  5. Noblett v. BartschWashington Supreme Court · 1903

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