Finnell v. Walker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum»—Action for slander. Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of $300, rendered by the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Circuit Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court, the
Hon. George W. Wall, Judge.
The -appellee recovered a judgment against the appellant for'$300, in an action on the case for slander.
The words alleged charged the plaintiff with the crime of larceny. The defendant pleaded the general issue and justification.
An effort was made to prove that the plaintiff had stolen the defendant’s corn and it is now insisted in the printed arguments that the evidence sustained the plea of justification.
It is urged as a ground of reversal that some of the sets of words alleged in the declaration did not amount to a charge of larceny, but…
2Cited by1 opinion
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