Breytspraak v. Gordon
| Decision Date | 25 February 1948 |
| Docket Number | Gen. No. 44150. |
| Parties | BREYTSPRAAK v. GORDON et al. |
| Court | United States Appellate Court of Illinois |
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Appeal from Superior Court, Cook County; Rudolph F. Desort, Judge.
Action to recover damages for malicious prosecution of a civil suit by Victor C. Breytspraak against Martin M. Gordon and Patricia Gordon. From an order sustaining defendants' motion to strike the amended complaint and dismissing the cause, the plaintiff appeals.
Order affirmed.
See also 328 Ill.App. 581, 66 N.E.2d 457.
G. A. Bosomburg, of Chicago, for appellant.
Joseph B. Quinn and James A. Harrington, both of Chicago, for appellees.
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Howard v. Firmand
...cause for instituting that action, even though that judgment was subsequently reversed on appeal"), citing Breytspraak v. Gordon, 333 Ill.App. 650, 77 N.E.2d 860 (1948) (abstract of op.). "`The rationale for drawing the inference of conclusiveness' * * * `appears to be that a competent trib......
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Sherrod v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
...461-4624, 181 N.E.2d 601; Hargadine v. Sharkey, C.A.Ill. (1956), 8 Ill.App.2d 209, 2266, 131 N.E.2d 134; Breytspraak v. Gordon, C.A.Ill. (1948), 333 Ill.App. 650, 77 N.E.2d 860; Ligitos v. Finerman, C.A.Ill. (1946), 329 Ill.App. 241, 67 N.E.2d 610. A conviction in an underlying criminal pro......
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Keefe v. Aluminum Co. of America
...Ill.Dec. 797, 409 N.E.2d 412.) In certain circumstances, however, probable cause may exist as a matter of law. In Breytspraak v. Gordon (1948), 333 Ill.App. 650, 77 N.E.2d 860, the court held that a civil judgment entered by the circuit court in a prior action constituted conclusive evidenc......
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Siebrand v. Eyerly Aircraft Co.
...325; Ligitsos v. Finerman, 329 Ill.App. 241, 67 N.E.2d 610; Smith v. Michigan Buggy Co., 175 Ill. 619, 51 N.E. 569; Breytspraak v. Gordon, 333 Ill.App. 650, 77 N.E.2d 860. It seems that the reason for the rule is that courts should be open to litigants for settlement of their rights without......
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