Wicker v. Hotchkiss

Citations

• 62 Ill. 107

Syllabus

<p>Malicious pbosecution—of the want of probable cause. Where a party procured an indictment to be found against another, it was held, in an action for malicious prosecution against him, that, if in so doing he acted under the advice of counsel, after having communicated to such counsel all the facts bearing upon the guilt or innocence of the accused, of which he had knowledge, or could, by reasonable diligence have ascertained, the advice thus given was a protection against such prosecution.</p>