Buszin v. Bestmann

The appellant, Frank B. Buszin, arrested upon a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum from the circuit court of Cook county on a judgment for $1,293.15, filed a petition for a discharge from imprisonment in the county court of Cook county under the Insolvent Debtors’ Act, Cahill’s St. ch. 72. The cause was heard by the court and the court held as a matter of law that a transcript of proceedings in the circuit court stated a case where malice was the gist of the action and dismissed appellant’s petition and remanded him to the custody of the sheriff of Cook county. Appellant seeks by this appeal to…