McLaughlin v. Schnellbacher
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for libel. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell County; the Hon. Nathaniel W. Green, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1895. Statement oe the Case. The Circuit Court held appellant’s declaration in an action, for libel obnoxious to a demurrer and dismissed the cause. This-appeal questions the correctness of this ruling of the court.
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Trespass on the Case, for libel. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell County; the Hon. Nathaniel W. Green, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1895. Statement oe the Case. The Circuit Court held appellant’s declaration in an action, for libel obnoxious to a demurrer and dismissed the cause. This-appeal questions the correctness of this ruling of the court. The averments of the declaration important to be here considered are, that appellant was a duly qualified and licensed attorney at law, and was engaged in the practice of his profession. That he and another…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
The special causes of demurrer were not well taken.
It does not appear upon the face of the letter the objectionable words do not relate to the plaintiff, and the imputations ascribed by the pleading to the words were consistent with their natural and commonly accepted meaning.
When this is true the plaintiff may, by innuendo, define the defamatory meaning he seeks to put upon the words, and may aver they relate to him. Whether they do so relate or had such meaning and imputation is a question of fact to be determined from the proofs, hie well on Slander, 618 and 619.
Counsel do not in their…
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