Chapman v. Calder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Wayne county. This was an action on the case, by Calder against Chapman, for a libel. The parties were ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the charges were contained in a communication addressed by Chapman to the Rev. R. Scott, preacher in Chenango and Deposit Circuits, which charged Calder with unchristianlike and immoral conduct, first, in using means to get one or two roads through the improvements belonging to said Chapman, and…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Wayne county. This was an action on the case, by Calder against Chapman, for a libel. The parties were ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the charges were contained in a communication addressed by Chapman to the Rev. R. Scott, preacher in Chenango and Deposit Circuits, which charged Calder with unchristianlike and immoral conduct, first, in using means to get one or two roads through the improvements belonging to said Chapman, and for Sabbath-breaking, &c.; second, for hindering Chapman from floating logs down the Equinunk Creek, &c.; third, for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Rogers, J.
— This is an action on the case, for a libel charging plaintiff with violence, fraud and perjury. Plea, not guilty. The paper, containing the libel, was addressed to the Rev. R. Scott, preacher in the Methodist church in Chenango and Deposit circuits, stating the charge and accusations against the defendant. On these charges there was a trial before an ecclesiastical court, regularly constituted, according to the rules and discipline of the church, which resulted in a report that the charges were not sustained. In 5 W. & Ser. 864, Petrie v.…
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