Joiner v. Benton Community Bank

The circuit court of Franklin County entered summary judgment for the Benton Community Bank, defendant in a malicious prosecution action brought against it by Bill Joiner, plaintiff. A divided appellate court reversed and remanded the cause for trial (76 Ill. App. 3d 871), and we allowed defendant’s petition for leave to appeal.

In 1976, when the occurrences from which this litigation arose took place, plaintiff had been a used car dealer in Benton for some 16 years. During most of that period defendant had furnished “floor plan” financing for the used car business up to a maximum of $35,000.…