Belcher v. Whitlock
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Cmadicm County; before John C. Tarsney, District Judge. This is an action for slander, commenced on August 22, 1895, by defendant in error, as plaintiff below, against plaintiff in error, defendant below, to recover damages in the sum of $2,500, the material averments of plaintiff’s, petition being the following: “Plaintiff further says that he has never been guilty of, or, until the speaking and publishing by defendant of false, scandalous…
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Error from the District Court of Cmadicm County; before John C. Tarsney, District Judge. This is an action for slander, commenced on August 22, 1895, by defendant in error, as plaintiff below, against plaintiff in error, defendant below, to recover damages in the sum of $2,500, the material averments of plaintiff’s, petition being the following: “Plaintiff further says that he has never been guilty of, or, until the speaking and publishing by defendant of false, scandalous and malicious words hereinafter mentioned, was never suspected to have been guilty of arson. By reason whereof the said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Keaton, J.:
The only action of the trial court urged, by counsel for plaintiff in error, as a ground for reversing the judgment in this case, is that said court committed prejudicial error in overruling defendant’s demurrer to the evidence introduced on behalf of plaintiff; hence this is the only question, presented for determination by this court, as all other assignments of error will be considered waived and abandoned. (Gardenhire v. Gardenhire, 2 Okla. 484.)
The particular reason stated by counsel for plaintiff in error as the basis for his claim that the trial court…
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