Rainbow v. Benson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelby District Court. Plaintiff brought an action for damages for an alleged libelous publication. The district court sustained a demurrer to an answer filed by the defendants, and from that order they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The alleged libelous publication was contained in an affidavit filed by the defendants in a criminal action pending before a justice of the peace, and is as follows: “ I, F. E. Benson and John Reed, on oath state, I (John Reed) am the party filing the information herein, and that Gr. S. Rainbow, the deputy sheriff, the officer to whom it is .proposed to issue the venire and have to summon the jury in such cause, and act as constable or officer therein, is prejudiced in *302favor of the defendant in said cause, and is colluding with said defendant, and men in the saloon business, for the purpose…
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