Baker v. Haines
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. This was an action on the case, brought by John Haines against Joseph Baker, to recover damages for an alleged libel in the form of a letter addressed to Dr. George Uhler, as follows: “ Dr. G. Uhler. Dear Sir, If you go to John Haines’s cellar, you will find twenty pigs lead belonging to you.
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Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. This was an action on the case, brought by John Haines against Joseph Baker, to recover damages for an alleged libel in the form of a letter addressed to Dr. George Uhler, as follows: “ Dr. G. Uhler. Dear Sir, If you go to John Haines’s cellar, you will find twenty pigs lead belonging to you. One horse brought him a load of dirt, but it took two to haul the lead to his cellar; and then call on Robert Morrell, living right opposite, in one of Branch Green’s houses; he will tell you, as he does other people, how much lead…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
The evidence preliminary to the introduction of the alleged libel was sufficiently strong to justify the court in submitting the paper to the inspection of the jury. The ordinary proof of the opinion of the witness was given, and under these circumstances the question, whether it was the handwriting of the defendant, was for the jury, who are the ultimate judges of the genuineness of the paper. There is nothing in the. first exception.. The second exception was properly abandoned: but it is insisted that there is error in permitting the…
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