Smith v. Michigan Buggy Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tut-hill, Judge, presiding.
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Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tut-hill, Judge, presiding. This is an action of trespass on the case, begun by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error in the circuit court of Cook county on March 3, 1893. The action is brought for the purpose of recovering damages for the alleged malicious prosecution of an ordinary civil action without probable cause by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error. The defendant below, the defendant in error here,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The suit, which was begun by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error in Michigan, was an ordinary civil suit, and resulted in favor of plaintiff in error. It is alleged in the declaration in the case at bar, that the suit in Michigan was a malicious prosecution and without probable cause; but it is not alleged nor claimed that, in that suit, the plaintiff in error was arrested, or that any of his property was seized; nor does it appear that the plaintiff in error therein suffered any special damage over and above the ordinary expenses and trouble which are attendant upon the…
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