Thomas v. Dunaway
Illinois Supreme Court
This ís an action on the case, brought by Dunaway against Thomas, for libel, based on a newspaper publication, which charged that Dunaway had been, in the State of Pennsylvania, many years before, entrusted with a drove of cattle, belonging to his father and brother; that he received the purchase money for the cattle, and did not account for the same, whereby his father and brother were broken up in their business; and that the plaintiff had brought money to Illinois shortly…
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This ís an action on the case, brought by Dunaway against Thomas, for libel, based on a newspaper publication, which charged that Dunaway had been, in the State of Pennsylvania, many years before, entrusted with a drove of cattle, belonging to his father and brother; that he received the purchase money for the cattle, and did not account for the same, whereby his father and brother were broken up in their business; and that the plaintiff had brought money to Illinois shortly after the cattle transaction took place. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and justification. On the trial the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
It was insisted, upon the argument, that the Circuit Court erred in overruling the motion to suppress the depositions of Weltner and William Dunaway. After a careful examination of the record, we are unable to find that any exception was noted, or bill of exceptions signed, showing any objection to that decision. But it is insisted, that on the trial, at a subsequent term, when the depositions were offered to be read in evidence, an objection was taken, and is preserved in the record. This does appear from the bill of exceptions, but no specific grounds of objection seem to have been taken.…
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