Haines v. Campbell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cecil County. Campbell brought an action at law against Haines. In the first, count of the declaration the plaintiff proceeded for false imprisonment. The second, third, and fourth counts were for slander. The defendant demurred to each and every count; the demurrers were overruled, and thereupon the plea of not guilty was filed, and issue joined. Upon the trial the verdict was for the plaintiff, and after judgment the defendant appealed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cecil County. Campbell brought an action at law against Haines. In the first, count of the declaration the plaintiff proceeded for false imprisonment. The second, third, and fourth counts were for slander. The defendant demurred to each and every count; the demurrers were overruled, and thereupon the plea of not guilty was filed, and issue joined. Upon the trial the verdict was for the plaintiff, and after judgment the defendant appealed. The cause was argued before Alvey, C. J., Miller, Irving, Bryan, McSiierry, and Briscoe, J. Words in respect to a charge…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
Eo objection has been stated to the first count, nor have we perceived any. In the second count it was alleged that the defendant spoke these words of and concerning the plaintiff: “I threw the burning of William Witman’s barn into Campbell’s face.” The words without some prefatory explanation would, convey no meaning sufficiently definite for the. action of a Court of justice. The count, however, sets forth that Witman was the owner of a farm in the State of Pennsylvania, upon which there was a barn, not adjoining any dwelling-house, and in the barn there were hay and grain; that the barn…
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