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BRANDT v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 11475.

231 F.2d 848 (1956)

Fred W. BRANDT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

April 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart S. Ball, Chicago, Ill., Kenneth F. Burgess, H. Blair White, Chicago, Ill., Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellant.

Lester E. Munson, Simon Herr, Chicago, Ill., Louis A. Smith, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before LINDLEY, and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges, and PLATT, District Judge.

PLATT, District Judge.

The plaintiff obtained a verdict for $60,000 in a suit for malicious prosecution. Judgment was entered against the defendant, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and it has taken an appeal contending:

1. On the undisputed facts defendant had probable cause to initiate the prosecution of the plaintiff.

2. The trial court erred in admitting certain evidence:

(a) The return of the "Not a True Bill" by the State Grand Jury...

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