Beeler v. Jackson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the- Court. The words charged in the first count of the declaration to have been spoken by the defendant to or concerning the plaintiff, were : “ You are discharged for stealing fish, nuts, and breaking off car doors and taking them home those charged in the second count to have been spoken, were: “You have been seen eating nuts and herrings.”
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the- Court. The words charged in the first count of the declaration to have been spoken by the defendant to or concerning the plaintiff, were : “ You are discharged for stealing fish, nuts, and breaking off car doors and taking them home those charged in the second count to have been spoken, were: “You have been seen eating nuts and herrings.” Exception.- — The plaintiff offered the four following prayers : 1. If the jury find from the evidence that the defendant, Louis P. Beeler, on the 28th day of March, 1881, in…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
The appellee, plaintiff below, brought an action of slander against the appellant. The words alleged to have been spoken were these: “You are discharged for stealing fish, nuts and breaking off car doors and taking them home also these : “You have been seen eating nuts and herrings.” Which it is averred meant that he had stolen these things.
The plaintiff testified in his own behalf that in March, 1881, he was in the service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Locust Point, and had been for six or seven months previously to that time, and that the defendant was the general agent who…
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