Reding v. Reding
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Newton Circuit Court. — Hon. F. C. Johnston, Judge. (1) Instruction No. 1 is erroneous in that it directs tbe jury that tbe law presumes tbe falsity of defendant’s statement; and instructions 6 and 10 are subject to the same objection. Ham v- Barret, 28 Mo. 388; Erhart v. Dietrich, 118 Mo. 426; Sackberger v. Grand Lodge, 73 Mo. App. 38; Winter v. Lodge of K. P., 96 M'o.
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Appeal from Newton Circuit Court. — Hon. F. C. Johnston, Judge. (1) Instruction No. 1 is erroneous in that it directs tbe jury that tbe law presumes tbe falsity of defendant’s statement; and instructions 6 and 10 are subject to the same objection. Ham v- Barret, 28 Mo. 388; Erhart v. Dietrich, 118 Mo. 426; Sackberger v. Grand Lodge, 73 Mo. App. 38; Winter v. Lodge of K. P., 96 M'o. App. 1; Lynch v. Railroad, 112 Mo. 433; Moberly v. Railroad, 98 Mo. 183; Burkholder v. Henderson, 78 Mo. App. 295; Haycraft v. Grigsby, 88 Mo. App. 354; Brown-low v. Woolard, 61 Mo. App. 124; Bragg v. Railroad, 192…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
This cause is here on appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the circuit court of Newton county, in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of two thousand dollars, the result of the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for one thousand dollars actual, and one thousand dollars punitive damages.
The defendant is the father-in-law of plaintiff, and this action was brought against him by her for slanderously calling her a “damned whore.”
The plaintiff pleads “that by reason of said slander, she has suffered and will continue to suffer pain and anguish, and was thereby greatly damaged in her…
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- Schepers v. Union Depot RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
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